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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Ella Virginia Lasell
Ella Virginia
Lasell
July 13, 2009
Ella Virginia Lasell's Obituary
SMITHVILLE FLATS – Ella Virginia Lasell. 92, passed peacefully in her sleep on Monday, July 13, 2009 at Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton.
She was born August 9, 1916 in Oneonta, the daughter of Benjamin and Laura (Lathrop) Voorhees.
She married C. Chester Lasell in November of 1936. He predeceased her in 1954.
Mrs. Lasell was a life member of the Royal Rebekah Lodge and a member of the Main Street Baptist Church, Oneonta.
During World War II she assisted her husband at the Oneonta Daily Star, where he was a photographer and an engraver. She also worked for the Oneonta State Teacher's College in the dormitories
She is survived by her daughter, Lindy Kluge of Smithville Flats; a daughter-in-law, Carol Lasell of Vestal; 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by a daughter, Claudia Barbara Lasell; a son, Chester B. Lasell; a brother, Harold Voorhees; a sister, Emma Oliver and a granddaughter, Barbara Kluge.
A public graveside service will be held 1 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at the Oneonta Plains Cemetery, with Diane Brower a lay pastor at Smithville Flats Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Donations may be made in loving memory of Ella to a Hospice of your choice.
To sign the on line guest book or to send a condolence to the family, visit, www.lhpfuneralhome.com
The Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta, is serving the family.
She was born August 9, 1916 in Oneonta, the daughter of Benjamin and Laura (Lathrop) Voorhees.
She married C. Chester Lasell in November of 1936. He predeceased her in 1954.
Mrs. Lasell was a life member of the Royal Rebekah Lodge and a member of the Main Street Baptist Church, Oneonta.
During World War II she assisted her husband at the Oneonta Daily Star, where he was a photographer and an engraver. She also worked for the Oneonta State Teacher's College in the dormitories
She is survived by her daughter, Lindy Kluge of Smithville Flats; a daughter-in-law, Carol Lasell of Vestal; 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by a daughter, Claudia Barbara Lasell; a son, Chester B. Lasell; a brother, Harold Voorhees; a sister, Emma Oliver and a granddaughter, Barbara Kluge.
A public graveside service will be held 1 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at the Oneonta Plains Cemetery, with Diane Brower a lay pastor at Smithville Flats Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Donations may be made in loving memory of Ella to a Hospice of your choice.
To sign the on line guest book or to send a condolence to the family, visit, www.lhpfuneralhome.com
The Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta, is serving the family.
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