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Shrake, Louwannah America

Personal Information
Last Name Shrake
First Name Louwannah
Middle Name America
Maiden Name Spoon
Death Date 6/20/1942
Birth Date 4/9/1864
Obituary Source Mooresville Times June 25, 1942
Source Information Cemetery index
Cemetery Mooresville Cemetery
Family Information
Spouse Lewis Washington Shrake in Clark Co.(1884)
Survived By Five children, Mrs. Mary Carroll, John, Paul, Vance, and Murrel Oneamel ("Nemo") Shrake; 3 brothers, William, Orlando, and Lee Spoon; 25 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren.
Other Age 78. Born in Keokuk Co., Iowa, daughter of Burrell and Mary Spoon. Married Lewis Washington Shrake in Clark Co., Indiana on December 11, 1884. They had seven children together, five of whom survive her. (One child, Lewis, died at age 4, and a son Douglas died in 1929). Known as "Aunt Lue." Member of Methodist church; also, Pythian Sisters fraternity and Pocahontas Order of Mooresville. Daughter Mary and granddaughter Dexseen have nursed her through a long illness.
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