Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Daily Telephone, June16, 1928, p. 8. OBITUARY Mrs. Laura McMahan Mrs. Laura McMahan, daughter of Mr. Alfred Shively, of Vincennes, and Mrs. Cora Brown, of Indianapolis, born in Monroe county, June 2, 1892, departed this life June 10, 1928, aged 36 years, 8 days. When a young girl she went in the Christian church and was baptized; she married Mr. Fred Leach in 1908, and to this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Harry Salibra, of Indianapolis. Mr. Leach preceeded [sic] her in death in 1910, and in 1918 she was married to Otis McMahan, whom she leaves to mourn her death. She was always a loving mother and faithful wife and had a host of friends wherever she had been, as she was always good and kind to everyone, and was thinking of others before herself. She leaves to mourn, her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Brown, of Indianapolis; her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Shively, of Vincennes; one daughter, Mrs. Harry Salibra, of Indianapolis; a brother, John Shively, of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Diffen Hacker, of Bloomington; and two grandchildren besides other relatives and friends. She is not dead, but resting; her troubles on earth are over; she has gone to meet her Maker on that happy, peaceful shore. No one knows how we'll miss you Laura, only those who have lost can tell of the grief that born in silence for the one we loved so well. THE FAMILY.