This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Failes, Lance, Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7918 Message Board Post: Mrs. Rathers Passes Away The mother of Mr. C. E. Lance passed away Sunday. February 27, 1955. She had been ill for some time. She was Mrs. Laura F. Rathers, born May 29. 1874 in Nest Plains, Mo. and leaves a daughter Mrs. Alice Failes of Los Angeles; four sons, Mr. Henry Lance of Utah. Charlie Lance of Oklahoma, Clifford Lance of Bakersfield and C. E. Lance of Cantil. There are 21 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held March 2, 1955 in the Armstrong Flickenger Mortuary in Bakersfield. Rev. Selby Swift officiated with interment in the Union Cemetery. . Friends from Cantil who were present at the services were Mr. Joseph Pine, Mrs. Haven Lemmon, Mrs. Chester Meredith and Mrs. Wm. Holderness. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 10 Mar 1955