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Funeral Card · primary-source record

Mrs. S. H. Lesher

May 20, 1905

Died 20 May 1905 · card found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Funeral Card

Date of death

May 20, 1905

Where found

Pennsylvania, United States

About this card

Funeral Card for Mrs. S.H. Lesher Died May 20th, 1905

The blog post preserved only this summary line of the card's text; the card itself was not photographed. The card was found at an estate sale in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She is identified only by her husband's initials, in the convention of the period.

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Source & citation

Source type
Transcription only
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.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-06-12
Permalink
/records/funeral-cards/lesher-mrs-s-h-1905/
Image vs transcription
Transcription only — the card itself was not photographed

Citation: "Funeral card of Mrs. S. H. Lesher, died 20 May 1905," posted to the Ancestors at Rest blog, 22 September 2005, and recovered into the archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/lesher-mrs-s-h-1905/ : accessed [your access date]).

Recovered from the Ancestors at Rest blog (ancestorsatrest.blogspot.com), where it was posted on 22 September 2005 but never indexed on the main site.

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