This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gZ.2ADI/287.1 Message Board Post: FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, August 1, 1934--Lee Vath, 39 years old, dropped dead yesterday afternoon in the yard of his residence on Palm Ave., in East End. Mr. Vath had been in ill health for nearly two years. He is survived by his father, Louis Vath, a brother Joe and four sisters, Mrs. Anna Sheffield, Mrs. Ephrien Naught of New York, Mrs. Stella Poole and Mrs. Morris Welzel of New Orleans. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The body is in charge of Lawrence A. Powell, Inc. FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, January 24, 1990 Born in 1900 in a small wooden house off Old Bayshore Road, Ida Mae Vath's longing for a simple country living kept her in the rural Fort Myers area all of her life. Mrs. Vath died Saturday after a brief battle with cancer. She was 89. A quiet, gentle woman, she was happiest growing vegetables in her garden, making her own can syrup and, most important, caring for her family. "When we were growing up, we never went to the store," daughter Geneva Dyess remembers. "We had our own garden for vegetables and Daddy would kill about two beefs a week for meat." Mrs. Vath prided herself in the closeness of her family. "We had a good simple family life. She taught us the meaning of love, respect and together-ness," Dyess said. "What we learned from her we passed onto our children." Throughout her life, Mrs. Vath worked at several jobs, including the Shell Factory in Bonita Springs before it burned and was rebuilt in North Fort Myers. "When I think of her, I just think of lo! ve," Dyess said. Mrs. Vath is survived by her husband, Joe Vath, three daughters, Elouise Guinn, Jannie Acuff and Geneva Dyess, all of Fort Myers; two sisters, Beaulah Lowe and Stella Burdett of Punta Gorda; 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Services for Mrs. Vath were Tuesday at Anderson Funeral Home. She was buried at Fort Myers Cemetery.