Kings-Fresno County CA Archives Obituaries.....Sweetland, Laura (Moore) August 22, 1907
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Hanford Weekly Sentinel, August 29, 1907 
DEATH OF MRS. B. K. SWEETLAND
The friends and relatives of Mrs. B. K. Sweetland were shocked to learn August 
22 that she had died in Fresno while on her way home from Yosemite Valley, 
where she had gone about one month ago to visit her daughter [Mabel Boysen].

Mrs. Sweetland had been a well-known resident of Lemoore for many years, and 
was the daughter of Dr. [Lovern] Lee Moore, for whom the city was named.  She 
had been in poor health for a number of years, and before going to the 
[Yosemite] valley suffered a severe illness.

Mrs. Sweetland has been prominent in Lemoore society for many years and was 
known as a lady who was in accord with all good deeds or work for the uplifting 
of the community, and her death will be deeply felt among her many friends.  B. 
K. Sweetland, the husband, Miss Eulavelle Sweetland of Lemoore, and Mrs. Boysen 
residing in Yosemite Valley the daughters, and Mrs. [?] H.  Fox of Lemoore, the 
only sister of the deceased, are left to mourn her death.

The funeral of Mrs. Sweetland was held Tuesday [August 27] afternoon from the 
family residence at Lemoore, and a large crowd of sorrowing friends and 
relatives paid their last respects to the memory of the beloved woman.  The 
funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Macon and Rev. Eccles offered the prayer.  
Mrs. J. W. Orr of San Francisco read a beautiful poem, and a choir sang 
beautifully from favorite selections.  The floral offerings were many and 
beautiful.  The Alpha club attended in a body and marched to the [Lemoore] 
cemetery with the long procession, where, at the grave the members of the club 
officiated in a burial service and decorated the grave with flowers.  The 
pallbearers were W. V. Buckner, C. W. Barrett, Andy Buckner, E. Erlanger, E. 
Ammerman and F.W. Holser.” END


Additional Comments:
Hanford Weekly Sentinel [Hanford, Kings county, California].  August 29, 1907 
(Thursday). Page 5, Column 2. Laura Moore was born in February 1851 in Ohio 
(1900 federal census.)  She married Byron K. Sweetland.  One of their 
daughters, Mabel, married Julius T. Boysen in Lemoore in 1900.  They had a 
photography studio in Yosemite Valley until Mabel died in 1943.


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