Wayne County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Coon, Laura E. Maurer ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shelly Bailey sjb6@aol.com July 31, 2012, 2:32 pm Cemetery: Grand Lawn Name: Laura E. Maurer Coon Date Of Photograph: May 25, 2011 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/wayne/photos/tombstones/grandlawn/coon229661nph.jpg Image file size: 55.2 Kb Laura Maurer Coon was born in Springwells, MI on August 8, 1868, to Albertine/Bertha Welm Maurer (1845-1894) and Carl/Charles Maurer (1842-1922), both from Germany. She was one of at least 12 children by this couple. Please note that her death certificate, headstone, and notes by her daughter, Gladys, all vary in the stated year of birth. She married Fred Coon on March 19, 1889. The record lists her last name incorrectly as "Moore". She and Fred had four children: Stanley W. 1891-1971; Gladys Julia (Spicer) 1896-1971; Hazen M. 1901-1968; and Harvey 1905-1972. Hazen has no known descendants. Laura died from breast cancer on November 3, 1934, at her home at 12191 Ilene St. in Detroit, Michigan. Inscription "Mother 1869-1934" Additional Comments: Burial in Grand Lawn Cemetery section 5, Lot 11 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/wayne/photos/tombstones/grandlawn/coon229661nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb