Individual Details
Vera HOLLIS
(17 Aug 1885 - 25 Feb 1908)
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DEATH
OF CONCORDIA'S MOST BELOVED
YOUNG LADIES - MISS VERA HOLLIS
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Only once in a while an event occurs that is of so distressing anature as to sadden a whole community with sincerest grief, and whenthese do occur, they are not easily forgotten. Such is the feelingwith which we record the death of Vera Hollis, one of the brightestand sweetest girls it has been our fortune to know. One week agotoday she was in apparently as good health and spirits as usual, buther illness and death overcame her rapidly. Thursday night she wastaken violently ill with peritonitis. On Sunday night she was removedto the hospital, where an operation was performed, which, however, hadbeen delayed too long to save her. Nearly all of the physicians inthe city put their best skill and knowledge to the case, but itavailed nothing. Her death occurred at eleven-thirty o'clock, Tuesdaynight, with one member of the family at her bedside, her brotherCharles, who has scarcely left her side during her illness.
Vera Hollis was born in Cloud county, August 17th, 1886, and died atConcordia, Kansas, Feb. 25, 1908, at the age of twenty-two years,seven months, and eight days. For the past two years, she has beenemployed at the central office, and was well beloved by all of herassociates there. Her parents, four brothers, and three sisters, areleft to mourn her early death. They are Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Hollis,Frank, Elmer, Leander, all of Victor, Kansas. Charles, Mrs. Verna Dotson, Beatrice and Blanch, of this city.
At time of death, Vera was engaged to be marriedto R.V. Williams.
DEATH
OF CONCORDIA'S MOST BELOVED
YOUNG LADIES - MISS VERA HOLLIS
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Only once in a while an event occurs that is of so distressing anature as to sadden a whole community with sincerest grief, and whenthese do occur, they are not easily forgotten. Such is the feelingwith which we record the death of Vera Hollis, one of the brightestand sweetest girls it has been our fortune to know. One week agotoday she was in apparently as good health and spirits as usual, buther illness and death overcame her rapidly. Thursday night she wastaken violently ill with peritonitis. On Sunday night she was removedto the hospital, where an operation was performed, which, however, hadbeen delayed too long to save her. Nearly all of the physicians inthe city put their best skill and knowledge to the case, but itavailed nothing. Her death occurred at eleven-thirty o'clock, Tuesdaynight, with one member of the family at her bedside, her brotherCharles, who has scarcely left her side during her illness.
Vera Hollis was born in Cloud county, August 17th, 1886, and died atConcordia, Kansas, Feb. 25, 1908, at the age of twenty-two years,seven months, and eight days. For the past two years, she has beenemployed at the central office, and was well beloved by all of herassociates there. Her parents, four brothers, and three sisters, areleft to mourn her early death. They are Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Hollis,Frank, Elmer, Leander, all of Victor, Kansas. Charles, Mrs. Verna Dotson, Beatrice and Blanch, of this city.
At time of death, Vera was engaged to be marriedto R.V. Williams.
Events
| Birth | 17 Aug 1885 | Near Clyde, Kansas |  | ||
| Death | 25 Feb 1908 | Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas | | ||
| Burial | Aft 25 Feb 1908 | Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas | |
Families
| Father | Daniel Porter HOLLIS (1855 - 1928) |
| Mother | Ella Elenora FREEMAN (1857 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Verna (Verni) May HOLLIS ( - ) |
| Sibling | Charles Elisha HOLLIS (1880 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Allie HOLLIS (1882 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Frank HOLLIS (1888 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Elmer HOLLIS (1892 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Blanche HOLLIS (1894 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Leander Hollis (1897 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Beatrice HOLLIS (1897 - 1921) |
Endnotes
1. Cloud County History.
2. Cloud County History.
3. Cloud County History.