Ruhamah Finley Lardner
Aug. 10, 1865-April 12, 1954
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 14, 1954, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Ruhamah Finley Lardner, formerly of Niles, died Monday night in St. Luke Hospital, Duluth, Min.
Mrs. Lardner was born Aug. 10, 1865, in Niles. She was married in 1895 to William P. Lardner, who died in 1950 in Duluth. She was head of the Women's Naval Service of Duluth and an active member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral there.
The body will arrive in Niles Thursday noon and funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.Thursday in Trinity Church with the rector, the Rev. John G. Carlton, officiating. Burial will be in the family lot at Silverbrook Cemetery.