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Lora Jane Clark
b.24 Jan 1948
m. 26 Oct 1935 - Lora Jane Clark1948 - 1977
Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Orpha R (nee Elliott) Sykes, in Brater Winter Funeral Homes
3 Aug 2012.
Obituary for Orpha Romilda Sykes
Orpha R (nee Elliott) Sykes, AGE 93, of Lawrenceburg, IN, passed away August 3, 2012.
She was born Aug 30, 1918 in Lawrenceburg, IN to the late Harry and Mayme (nee Williamson) Elliott. She married Carl Stanley Sykes and they had four children: Bob, Phyllis, Mary Lou, and Sharon. She had worked as an receptionist for Seagram's Distillery, however most of her time enjoyed playing piano, attending church and taking care of family and friends. She was a great cook and she had the best Chocolate Chip cookie recipe. Orpha was a member at First Baptist Church, Greendale, IN and then Dearborn Hills Methodist, Bright, IN.
She was preceded in death by her husband Carl S., her son and daughter in law Bob and Lora Sykes, two brothers: Loren and Aaron Elliott and a sister Jean Stackhouse.
Survivors include her loving children: [names of living individuals have been removed] and her two grandchildren [names of living individuals have been removed] whom she raised as her children; 10 more beloved grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; 4 great great grandchildren and a devoted sister Lois Parker.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 from 6 to 8 PM in Brater Funeral Home, 201 S. Vine St. Harrison. Funeral Service will be on Wednesday at 10 AM in the funeral home with Jill Croswell officiating. Burial to follow at Gibson Cemetery
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lora Jane Clark, in Lois Harper. Lois' genealogy, ancestry.com.
Name
Lora Jane Clark
Gender
Female
Birth
24 Jan 1948
Marriage
15 Apr 1967 (Age: 19)
to Robert Earl Sr Sykes
Death
28 May 1977 (Age: 29)
South Gate, Campbell, KY
Burial View event
1 Jun 1977
Bright Gibson Cem, Dearborn, IN
CEM:Cemeteries of the Northeast Section of Dearborn County Indiana
- ↑ Beverly Hills Supper Club fire.
The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky, is the third deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. It occurred on the night of May 28, 1977, during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. A total of 165 persons died and over 200 were injured as a result of the blaze. It was the deadliest fire in the United States since 1944, when 168 people were killed in the Hartford circus fire in Hartford, Connecticut.
- ↑ Gibson Cemetery, in Find A Grave.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sykes, Lora (Clark), in Lois Harper. All burials for Gibson Cemetery.
- ↑ Gibson Cemetery, in Fox, Dianne, and Lois Lee Harper. Cemeteries of the northeast section of Dearborn County, Indiana. (Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, c1993)
page 168, 1977.
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