St. Clair County Democrat
Osceola, Missouri
Thursday, 12 September 1935

MRS. LAURA URICH DIES QUICKLY
TUESDAY P. M.
Mrs. Laura Urich died at her home in Osceola a little before three o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
That morning she complained to her neighbor, Mrs. Perrin, that she had such a pain in her left side that she would not have washed if she had not already begun.
She returned home and a little after one, neighbors across the street heard her moaning and went to her.
Her daughter, Mrs. Fred Brown, and Mr. Brown were called and a doctor relieved her suffering temporarily.
About an hour later she had another attack, and was gone before a physician could reach her.
Her brother, Price Humphrey, who lives with her was out of town for the day.
Funeral services will be Friday afternoon at the Christian church. Interment in the Osceola cemetery.

Surprise Birthday Dinner
One may get too old to learn but never too old to be surprised as Mrs. Lou Cobb McKinzie found last Sunday morning when she and her homefolks drove down to her son, Roy's, to spend the day. "'Aunt Lou"' as she has been known to us a lifetime, now lives with her widowed daughter, Mrs. Huey Breshears at Wheatland, and Roy lives on the old home place near Bentonville. So last Sunday morning Aunt Lou was prevailed upon to go down to the old home to spend her birthday.
The old home has met with many changes thru the years. The roof which sheltered her 8 orphaned children has long since gone up in flames; the father, who died when Roy was a baby in arms, sleeps in the nearby graveyard. The eight children all living, are now in homes of their own. Children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, 19 in number, rise up to call her blessed. She who has seen the sun rise on 74 birthdays. She was born Sept. 8, 1861, when the dark clouds of the Civil War hung low. But no shadow of the strife and warfare of her childhood years marks the peaceful serenity of her sweet nature. Of sickness and sorrow, hard times and hard work she has had her full share, but she has also had her portion of Life's good things. To have reared her big family so successfully is quite an accomplishment, and to have kept the loyal support of friends and neighbors a life time is something to be proud of.
So Aunt Lou came back home for her birthday cake last Sunday to meet a surprise crowd with a bountiful dinner. Six of her children were present and other relatives and friends, totaling one hundred. Those present besides the honor guest, were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank McKinzie and Clarenence McKinzie of Chilhowie, Glen Williams and wife of Windsor, Lucy McKinzie Breshears and daughters of Wheatland, Alta McKinzie Scott and family of Miami, Aasa [sic] McKinzie and family of Wheatland, Ora McKinzie Young and family of Fristoe, Roy McKinzie and family of Bentonville.