Interment Number 66541 Joyce, The above is the interment record so maybe she was moved 11 years after she was buried in Worthington. That would explain the problem. If you call Linda Burkey at Green Lawn, give her the above interment number. Thanks Joe -----Original Message----- From: JAR422@aol.com [mailto:JAR422@aol.com] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 5:04 PM To: kskramer@wcoil.com; GenealogyBug@Gustafson.net; joefleshman@netzero.com; SCHcrochet@aol.com; OHFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: MIRA PARSONS, 1917 Sue, Leona, Joe, Sandy and all concerned; From the Columbus Dispatch, dated Monday Feb. 5, 1917: PARSONS -- Mrs. Mira Clarke, of Worthington, aged 82 years 11 months, at Grant hospital, 3:15 Monday morning. Funeral notice later. INJURY HASTENS DEATH OF MRS. MIRA PARSONS Worthington Woman, Writer and Teacher, Helped Organize Library in Columbus Mrs. Mira Clarke Parsons, scholar, writer and teacher, died at Grant hospital, at 3:15 Monday morning, aged 82 years and 11 months. Her death was the result of complications growing out of a fall which she suffered while alone at her home in Worthington, three weeks ago. Mrs. Parsons was born April 13, 1834, in Massachusetts, of Puritan? stock, married Joseph H. Parsons at Worthington, Mass May 30, 1855, and the couple came to Columbus in 1860. She became identified at once with the First Congregational church, of which she was a member for over 50 years, being long a teacher in the Sunday school and president of the woman's society. She was one of the group that organized the library out of which the present public library sprang. She was a contributor of poems and stories to many of the leaing publications of the country, and was a member of the Mon___?, Bradamonte and Fortnightly clubs. It was her privilege to provide the proof that John Fitch? invented the first steamboat. Of late she had been studying the Odyssey and taught a class the day she was injured. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1905. In 1914, Mr. Parsons long a business man in Columbus died. One son, Will C. Parsons, survives. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but the services will probably be held Wednesday, with interment in the Worthington Cemetery. From the Columbus Dispatch, Tuesday Feb. 6, 1917: FUNERAL NOTICE PARSONS Mrs. Mira Clarke. Funeral will be held from the family residence, Worthington, at 2 p.m., Wednesday. Friends invited. Burial private. (Note: I could not find anything saying she was buried at Green Lawn. I went to Green Lawn and they could not find anything neither. --Joyce) Joyce Robinson/Columbus --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.742 / Virus Database: 495 - Release Date: 8/19/2004