Mourning Card · primary-source record

Vivian Claire Lanning

March 10, 1876 – October 19, 1924

Died 19 October 1924 · Chariton Cemetery, Lucas County, Iowa

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Record type

Mourning Card

Date of death

October 19, 1924

Date of birth

March 10, 1876

Age at death

48 years, 7 months, 9 days

Place of burial

Chariton, Iowa, United States

Mourning card of Vivian Claire Lanning of Iowa, born March 10, 1876, died October 19, 1924

From the funeral card

Vivian Claire Lanning
Born March 10, 1876
Died October 19, 1924
Funeral services at the M. E. Church
Sunday, October 1?, 1924
2:00 o'clock, P. M.
Interment at Chariton Cemetery

Brian's research

The 1910 census of Chariton Township, Lucas County, Iowa records Vivian as a 34-year-old single woman, a dressmaker, living with her mother Emma and other siblings. Vivian was born in Minnesota, her mother in Wisconsin, and her father in New York.

Mourning card for Vivian Claire Lanning, who was born March 10 1876 and died October 19, 1924. The burial was in the Chariton Cemetery in Lucas County Iowa. The card was mailed to Frank Ordway in Davis City, Iowa.

— Brian, Ancestors at Rest

Sources consulted

1910 U.S. census, Chariton Township, Lucas County, Iowa

People named in this record

Vivian Claire LanningSubject
Frank OrdwayMentioned
Emma LanningMentioned

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Provenance: From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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Last verified: 2026-06-12
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