Lucy Josephine Lewis
Nov. 2, 1835-Feb. 4, 1917
Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 5, 1917, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
LUCY J. LEWIS
CALLED BY DEATH
Had Resided in the Wm. Lardner
Home Continuously For 40 Years
Shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Miss Lucy J. Lewis, died at 708 Broadway. She was 82 years of age and one of the oldest residents of Niles.
Miss Lewis was born in Detroit. Her parents died when she was a mere child. Mrs. William Lardner, Sr., her sister, took her to raise, and after the death of Mr. and Mrs. Lardner she remained in the old Lardner Home, which she had occupied continuously for 40 years.
Miss Lewis never married and her only surviving relative is John Lardner, a nephew, who resides four and one-half miles south of town.
Funeral will take place from the late residence at 12:30 noon Tuesday. George E. Flower will read the Episcopal burial service. Interment will be in the Lardner lot at Silver Brook cemetery.