LJR Loreta Edith Laws Obituary 1919-2007 IA
The Leon Journal-Reporter (Leon, Iowa)
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Page 2
LORETA LAWS
Loreta Edith Laws, daughter of Maurice and Etta Lula (Fenton) Bright, was born in Wayne County, Iowa, near Lineville, on July 9, 1919, and passed away on March 22, 2007, at the Decatur County Hospital in Leon, Iowa, at the age of 87 years.
Loreta was united in marriage to Lyle Jackson "Jack" Laws on August 27, 1936.Jack preceded her in death on May 11, 1992.She was also preceded in death by her parents, and by two sisters, Mary Margaret Evalee Clark and Wanda Juanita Thomlinson.
She is survived by two daughters, Dorothy "Dottie" Ragan of Humeston, Iowa, and Wanda Nyman and husband Garrett of Cottage Grove, Oregon; one son, Jack Laws of Des Moines; 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and by several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Loreta was raised and lived in Lineville, Iowa, until 1954, when she and Jack moved to Des Moines, where she was a member of the Grace Baptist Church.After Jack's death in 1992, she returned to WAyne County and made her home in Humeston.