Lora Swatts Sheehan, 95, formerly of Brookston, died Friday, Feb. 15, in St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, where she had been a patient since Feb. 12th. She had been in failing health for the past year and had lived in Regency Place at Lafayette, since last March.
She was born Aug. 25, 1895, in Tippecanoe County and moved to Brookston in 1937. She married Joseph "Joe" Sheehan, Oct. 3, 1914, in Lafayette. He died June 27, 1967.
Mrs Sheehan formerly attended Battle Ground United Methodist Church.
Surviving are three sons; Otto David Sheehan, Delphi; Richard Lee Sheehan, Rt. 1, Battle Ground and Lewis Earl Sheehan, Phoenix, Arizona; two daughters, Mrs Margaret Spear, Brookston, and Mrs Russell (Juanita) McComb, Akron, Ind., and a sister, Mrs Mabel Buck, Delphi.
She had 23 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and 9 great great grandchildren. A son, 2 daughters, 2 brothers, 2 sisters and a grandson preceded her in death. Services were Sunday, at Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston, with Bill Romans officiating. Burial was in Pretty Prairie Cemetery.