Individual Details

Lena Marie Montague

(14 Jan 1902 - 17 Dec 1996)

The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri, Wednesday, December 18, 1996: Lena Montague Canaga, 94, Lathrop, MO, (formerly of Kansas City, KS, and Leavenworth, KS), died December 17, 1996, at a health care facility in Lathrop, MO. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, December 19, at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 1 p.m. until the service time Thursday, at the Simmons Funeral Home.

Mrs. Canaga was born January 24, 1902, in Mapleton, KS. She had lived in Kansas City, KS, for 61 years before moving to Lathrop, MO, in 1995. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry E. Canaga, in November, 1988. Mrs. Canaga was a Baptist. She was a music teacher and a professional musician, playing in a dance band in Leavenworth during the 1920's.

Events

Birth14 Jan 1902Mapleton, Bourbon Co., Kansas
MarriageBet 1930 and 1940Harry Emerson Canaga
Death17 Dec 1996Lathrop, Clinton Co., Missouri
BurialChapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., Kansas

Families

SpouseHarry Emerson Canaga (1898 - 1988)
FatherJames Montague (1866 - 1940)
MotherCora Elgie Stephens (1874 - 1940)

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