Name: Laura Alice Claspell
Residence: Glasgow, KY
Died: Wed, 5 Apr 2000, St. Clare Hospital, Crawfordsville, IN, age 92.
Born: Barren Co KY
Daughter of: Brent and Mary Ellie Houchens Matthews, decd.
Widow of: Hager Claspell
She and husband owned and oeprated 3 grocery stores for 30 years before retiring, also worked at Lerman's Dep. Store in Glasgow. Member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Survivors:
Daughter: Jane Wright, Linden, IN
Sisters: Elizabeth Ritter, Helen Taylor, Edith Piercy and Dorothy Jean Huddleston of Glasgow; Katherine Everett of Bowling Green, KY; Lillian Harrison of Charlestown, IN and Louise Bartlett of Clarkshill, IN
Brothers: Kenneth Matthews of Glasgow and William Matthews of CA
Grandsons: Danny and Lary Wright of Crawfordsville and Ranny Wright of Lafayette, IN
6 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great grandsons.
Preceded in death by:
Brothers: Hal and Ernest Matthews
Sister: Ida Sisco
Services: 11 am Monday, 10 April 2000, A. F. Crow and Son Funeral Home, Glasgow, burial Glasgow Municipal Cemetery.
Glasgow Daily Times, Friday, 7 April 2000, p. 2 |