Laura Burnett Lanning was born on 5. Sep. 1840 at Warren County, New Jersey. She married
Uriah Vanderveer, son of
Benjamin Dubois Vanderveer Sr. and
Jane Vanderveer, on 5. Dec. 1860 at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Laura Burnett Lanning died on 27. May. 1935 at Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, at age 94. LAURA VANDERVEER
May 27, 1935
Grinnell lost one of its real pioneers when Mrs. Laura Vanderveer passed away Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock at her home in this city. Mrs. Vanderveer would have reached her 95th birthday next September. She was born in Warren county, New Jersey, but had spent most of her life in this community.
Her daughters, Mrs. Ada Anthony of Sheridan, Mrs. Lillian Batdorf and Mrs. Anna Penfield, were at home at the time of her death. A son, Ralph Vanderveer of Marshalltown, and his wife also reached Grinnell soon after she passed away.
Funeral services will be held from the residence, 1232 Main Street, Friday afternoon at 5:00, conducted by Rev. Robert Inglis. Burial will be in Hazelwood. She was buried on 31. May. 1935 at Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa.