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Bertha Mae Bates Garhart

23 Jun 1877 – 29 Jun 1920

Birth23 Jun 1877
Death29 Jun 1920
CemeteryPrairie View Cemetery
Niobrara County , Wyoming , USA
Added byCindy Chester on 30 Jul 2023
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42181997

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Lost Springs Times July 1, 1920 The death of Mrs. Garhart which occurred Tuesday,5:30 p.m. at her house 7 miles southeast of Shawnee caused by a bolt of lightening came as a shock to this entire community. Death was instantaneous. She and a small son had gone out to drive their chix into the shelter and were returning to the house when both were stricken down but the boy regained himself in a moment and proceeded to carry his dead mother into the house. He then gave the alarm to Roy Shurtz and family. Dr. Watkins was called and viewed the body to find that life was extinct. Speedily word was sent to all her relatives and at this writing 2 have failed to come. She was buried at the Prairie View Cemetery on Thursday July 1st. 3:00 p.m. after funeral services were had at the Prairie View Church Brother James Barr officiating Clergyman.

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