OBIT: Laura A. LORENZ, 1922, Roaring Spring, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Abby Bowman Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ MRS. LAURA LORENZ Mrs. Laura A. Lorenz, widow of Henry C. Lorenz, and one of Roaring Spring's best known and highly esteemed residents, died at 4:05 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of her son, Frank K. Lorenz, of Roaring Spring. Death was due to heart failure and erysipelas after a week's illness. Mrs. Lorenz was taken ill while visiting with Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Price, formerly of Roaring Spring but now of Huntingdon. She was taken to her son's home in Roaring Spring last Thursday in a serious condition where she became gradually worse until she passed away. Mrs. Lorenz was born Jan. 5, 1845, at Leamersville, the daughter of Samuel C. and Sarah Anne Leamer, both deceased. She was united in marriage to Henry Clay Lorenz on March 3, 1870, at Leamersville, which place was named for her father. Her husband, who was one of the original partners of the Roaring Spring Blank Book Company, preceded her to the grave on July 26, 1921. Mrs. Lorenz was a resident of Roaring Spring for the past forty-two years. She gained through her kind and loving nature a legion of friends, all of whom will deeply mourn her death. She is survived by three sons, Frank K., traffic manager of the Roaring Spring Blank Book Company, at whose home she died; Walter M., traffic manager of the Cambria Steel Co., and located at Philadelphia, and Attorney R. Donald Lorenz, of Roaring Spring; one brother, Samuel W. Leamer of Philadelphia, and one sister, Mrs. H. J. Hair, of Roaring Spring. Two grandchildren, Mrs. Byerd Long of Johnstown and Miss Sarah Lorenz of Roaring Spring and one great-grandson, Byerd Lorenz Long, of Johnstown, also survive. Mrs. Lorenz was a lifelong member of the Methodist church and was president of the Women's Foreign Missionary society of the Roaring Spring church since its organization some years ago. She was also affiliated with the Ladies' Aid society of the church and with the Roaring Spring Ladies' Hospital association. She took an active part in the work of these organizations. The funeral was held from the son's home in Roaring Spring on Thursday morning, with services at 10 o'clock, in charge of Rev. George A. Duvall, pastor of the Methodist church. Interment in the Greenlawn cemetery at Roaring Spring. Martinsburg Herald, November 10, 1922