Keturah "Kate" Yaffee (Lukes)

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Keturah "Kate" Yaffee (Lukes)

Also Known As: "Kate Lukes"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Durham, County Durham, UK
Death: March 25, 1962 (84)
Oskaloosa, IA, United States (Sudden congestive heart failure)
Place of Burial: Oskaloosa, Iowa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Luke Lukes and Alice Lukes (Martyn)
Wife of Alex Yaffee
Mother of Eva Lucille Lewis (Yaffee)
Sister of Amelia Nora Tate (Lukes); John Lukes; Lucy Lukes, INFANT; Thomas Lukes; Alice Fitzgerald (Lukes) and 3 others

Managed by: Dan Bodenheimer (Cousin Detective)
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About Keturah "Kate" Yaffee (Lukes)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22658375

Aunt Kate was born in England, and came over with her mother at an early age.

Immigrated to USA May 1, 1885 aboard the Inman Line's "City of Rome" from Liverpool to New York. Passengers were Alice Lukes 42, Alice 15, Keturah 7, and Rosina 4.

Dave and Eva Lewis built a house for her.

Yaffee, Keturah b.1878 d.1962 Forest. Death record Bk 5 pg 306. COD sudden congestive heart failure. Obit 1 copy.

Obituary: Oskaloosa Daily Herald, Oskaloosa, Iowa

Monday, March 26, 1962 -- Mrs. Kate Yaffee, age 84, died early Sunday morning, March 25, at her home, 207 C Avenue West. She was born January 7, 1878 in England, the daughter of Luke and Alice Martin Lukes, and was a member of the Rebekah lodge. Services will be Tuesday, March 27, at 3:30pm at the First Christian church, with burial at Forest Cemetery. Rev. Richard Goins will officiate withe the Newman funeral chapel in charge of arrangements. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Dave L. Lewis of San Juan, Texas; one granddaughter, and three great grandchildren.

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Keturah "Kate" Yaffee (Lukes)'s Timeline

1878
January 7, 1878
Durham, County Durham, UK
1896
January 17, 1896
Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, USA, IA, United States
1962
March 25, 1962
Age 84
Oskaloosa, IA, United States
March 27, 1962
Age 84
Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Iowa