Laura Elizabeth Hills
LAURA ELIZABETH HILLS, daughter of EVANS MONTGOMERY and HARLEY JAMES HILLS, was born November 22, 1910,456 and died May 19, 1988.11555 She is buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus, California.456
She married (1) FRANK JOHNSON on February 1, 1930 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California.11556
She married (2) LEWIS PETER STEARNS on December 6, 1936 in Alameda County, California.7540 He was born October 8, 1887 in Illinois,250 and died October 12, 1971 in Stanislaus County, California.250 He is buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus, California.456
Military Service
Lewis P. Stearns
- was a US Army Veteran of World War II456
Marriage Announcements and News
Modesto News-Herals, February 3, 193011556
Modesto Girl Weds Portland Man
Miss Laura Elizabeth Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hill f Leon Avenue, was married Saturday at high noon at her home to Frank Johnson of Portland, Ore. Rev. W. P. Rankin of the First Methodist Episcopal Church performed the ceremony in the presence of some twenty friends and relatives.
A wedding breakfast and reception followed the service. Out-of-town guests included I. Montgomery of Merced, E. H. Wool and family of La Grange, and Virgil Johnson of Portland.
The couple left immediately for Portland, where the bridegroom is in business.
Obituaries
Modesto Bee, May 23, 198811555
LAURA ELIZABETH STEARNS, 77, of Empire, died Thursday.
SERVICES: Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Salas Brothers Chapel. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. to 9 o.m. Wednesday at the chapel. Burial at Lakewood Memorial Park.
BACKGROUND: Born in Washington. Lived in Empire 55 years. Cook for 20 years at Empire Guest Home.
SURVIVORS: Seven children, James Russell Stearns of San Diego, Jessie Souza of Red Bluff, Thomas Geralio Stearns of Modesto, Louis Little and David Stearns of Empire, Benjamin Harry Stearns of Waterford and Betty Lou Johnson of Kern. Thirty grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| February 5, 192011557 | San Rafael, Marin, California |
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