It would appear that date on headstone is incorrect, based on the information in the obituary below:
From American Falls Press (American Falls, ID) of November 6, 1917
DEATH OF MISS LAURA PAYNE
Prominent Young Woman of Neeley Succumbs to Typhoid Fever
Miss Laura Payne, daughter of S. L. and May Walker Payne, died at Neeley Sunday morning at 7 o’clock after bravely fighting a severe attack of typhoid fever for two weeks. Funeral services were held at the Neeley meeting house Monday, under the direction of Bishop Thorton. The speakers were Will Howard of American Falls and H. P. Frodsham of Rockland. The services were largely attended by friends of the young lady from Neeley, American Falls and Pocatello, and the profuse and beautiful floral offerings bore eloquent testimony to the high esteem in which the deceased was held. Miss Payne was in her twenty-first year, and had grown from pure childhood into beautiful womanhood at Neeley, to which place her parents removed about seven years ago. Hers was a beautiful character, and her death is sincerely mourned. Her father and mother, a sister, Gladys, two brothers, Floyd and Beuton, and a host of friends mourn her untimely death. The body was tenderly laid to rest in Falls View cemetery.
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From American Falls Press (American Falls, ID) of November 6, 1917
DEATH OF MISS LAURA PAYNE
Prominent Young Woman of Neeley Succumbs to Typhoid Fever
Miss Laura Payne, daughter of S. L. and May Walker Payne, died at Neeley Sunday morning at 7 o’clock after bravely fighting a severe attack of typhoid fever for two weeks. Funeral services were held at the Neeley meeting house Monday, under the direction of Bishop Thorton. The speakers were Will Howard of American Falls and H. P. Frodsham of Rockland. The services were largely attended by friends of the young lady from Neeley, American Falls and Pocatello, and the profuse and beautiful floral offerings bore eloquent testimony to the high esteem in which the deceased was held. Miss Payne was in her twenty-first year, and had grown from pure childhood into beautiful womanhood at Neeley, to which place her parents removed about seven years ago. Hers was a beautiful character, and her death is sincerely mourned. Her father and mother, a sister, Gladys, two brothers, Floyd and Beuton, and a host of friends mourn her untimely death. The body was tenderly laid to rest in Falls View cemetery.
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It would appear that date on headstone is incorrect, based on the information in the obituary below:
From American Falls Press (American Falls, ID) of November 6, 1917
DEATH OF MISS LAURA PAYNE
Prominent Young Woman of Neeley Succumbs to Typhoid Fever
Miss Laura Payne, daughter of S. L. and May Walker Payne, died at Neeley Sunday morning at 7 o’clock after bravely fighting a severe attack of typhoid fever for two weeks. Funeral services were held at the Neeley meeting house Monday, under the direction of Bishop Thorton. The speakers were Will Howard of American Falls and H. P. Frodsham of Rockland. The services were largely attended by friends of the young lady from Neeley, American Falls and Pocatello, and the profuse and beautiful floral offerings bore eloquent testimony to the high esteem in which the deceased was held. Miss Payne was in her twenty-first year, and had grown from pure childhood into beautiful womanhood at Neeley, to which place her parents removed about seven years ago. Hers was a beautiful character, and her death is sincerely mourned. Her father and mother, a sister, Gladys, two brothers, Floyd and Beuton, and a host of friends mourn her untimely death. The body was tenderly laid to rest in Falls View cemetery.
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From American Falls Press (American Falls, ID) of November 6, 1917
DEATH OF MISS LAURA PAYNE
Prominent Young Woman of Neeley Succumbs to Typhoid Fever
Miss Laura Payne, daughter of S. L. and May Walker Payne, died at Neeley Sunday morning at 7 o’clock after bravely fighting a severe attack of typhoid fever for two weeks. Funeral services were held at the Neeley meeting house Monday, under the direction of Bishop Thorton. The speakers were Will Howard of American Falls and H. P. Frodsham of Rockland. The services were largely attended by friends of the young lady from Neeley, American Falls and Pocatello, and the profuse and beautiful floral offerings bore eloquent testimony to the high esteem in which the deceased was held. Miss Payne was in her twenty-first year, and had grown from pure childhood into beautiful womanhood at Neeley, to which place her parents removed about seven years ago. Hers was a beautiful character, and her death is sincerely mourned. Her father and mother, a sister, Gladys, two brothers, Floyd and Beuton, and a host of friends mourn her untimely death. The body was tenderly laid to rest in Falls View cemetery.
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