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Name

Tanner, Lucy DeEtte

Othernames

Lucy Brace

Genealogy ID

02129

Born

13 NOV 1876

Birthplace

Rutland, Tioga PA

Deceased

01 APR 1935

Deceased where

Lawrence Corners, Tioga PA

Cemetery

Watson Cemetery

Father

Joseph Edgar Tanner

Mother

Julia C. Smith

Spouse

Harry Gilbert Brace - m. 1894

Children

Edith Jane Brace
Ella Mae Brace
Glenn T. Brace
Ruth Eliza Brace
DeEtta Ina Brace
Boyd A. Brace
Harold J. Brace
Marjorie L. Brace
Fran M. Brace
Eloise I. Brace
Winifred L. Brace
Gordon H. Brace
Sterling S. Brace

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BRACE, MRS. LUCY TANNER (SRGP 2129)
Mrs. Lucy D. Brace, aged 58, died Monday, April 1, at 6:45 a.m. at her home at Lawrence Corners, following an illness of four weeks. The daughter of Joseph and Julia Smith Tanner, she was born at Rutland Hill November 13, 1876, and spent her entire life in that vicinity. November 27, 1894, she was united in marriage to Harry G. Brace, of Rutland. A woman of sturdy Christian character, a devoted wife and a kind neighbor, Mrs. Brace leaves a host of friends to mourn her loss. She was a member of the Lawrence Corners Baptist Church. Besides her husband she is survived by seven daughters, Mrs. Edith Smith, Painted Post; Mrs. Edward J. Smith, Beaver Falls; Mrs. Harold Cole, Ithaca, N.Y.; Mrs. Edson Wetmore, Wellsboro; Misses Winifred and Eloise Brace, Wellsboro, and Frances, at home; five sons, Glen and Boyd of Mansfield; Harold, Gordon and Sterling, at home. The funeral was held today at 2 p.m. at the family home, the Rev. Orey Crippen, of Tioga, officiating. Interment in the Watson Cemetery, Roseville. (Handwritten date 1935)
Lucy DeEtte's parents died within 10 months of each other when she was 6 and 7 years old. She was raised by her Tanner grandparents. Influenza swept the country taking whole families.
Lucy DeEtte inherited from her Smith grandparents property in Mansfield. Edith Jane and Edd Ebenezer lived there briefly shortly after they were married.