AUGUSTUS, Lavelle

Eagle Valley News; Richland, OR; 14 Feb 1918 Lavelle Augustus Passes Away After fifteen days of intense suffering, death came as a relief to little Lavelle at 9 o'clock last evening. Since the accident on Jan. 29th everything that mortal could do had been done to relieve the little one's suffering and to bring about her recovery; Dr. McArthur and a trained nurse being in constant attendance at the bedside. Poisons generated int he system as a result of the terrible burns brought on a plural pneumonia, which was the ultimate cause of death. Lavelle was a beautiful child of sweet disposition, and it is sad and deplorable in the extreme that her life was sacrificed by man's uncontrollable thirst for alcohol. Heaven will welcome her spirit, and God in His infinite mercy pass judgement. The funeral will be held tomorrow, presumably in the afternoon, and the little body laid to rest in the Eagle Valley cemetery. (Jan 31st issue identified her father as E. E. Augustus)
Posted by W David Samuelsen on October 28, 2012

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