In 1918 Lois became a member of the faculty of the Commercial Department of Central Junior High School, Huntington, West Virginia, where she was teaching at the time of her death from diptheria. She was dearly loved by all who knew her.
In memory of Miss Lois Cavanaugh the final tribute of love was rendered Wednesday afternoon at the beautiful suburban home east of Salem. Many friends assembled on the lawn for the service which was conducted at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. J. W. Eller of the Methodist Church and Rev. W. I. Bartle of the Christian Church. Music was furnished by Mrs. O. E. Coffman and Mrs. I. E. Huckleberry, who sang "Safe in the Arms of Jesus, " "Saved by Grace" and "God Will Take Care of You."
The burial was in St. Patrick's Cemetery, where the flower laden casket was tenderly lowered to the tomb by the pall-bearers, Messrs Warder Morris, Will H. Lindley, Charles Shrum, George Etzler, James McCullough and Leslie Purlee.
The flower bearers were Mrs. Heber Crim, Mrs. Tillie Hobbs, Mrs. Merle Parker, Mrs. George Etzler, Misses Ruth White and Helen Schlagal, of Salem and Misses Pearl Gross and Estelle Devlin, of Huntington, West Virginia.
Misses Gross and Devlin, friends and teachers, accompanied the bereaved father and uncle, Messrs Edward and T. M. Cavanaguh to Salem with the remains, arriving here Tuesday evening.
Lois Wilma Cavanaugh, daughter of Lula and Edward Cavanaugh was born 31 August 1895, and died 20 October 1919, being 24 years, 1 month and 20 days old.
Her mother died when she was eight years old and her grandmother, Lucy B. Cavanaugh, reared her to womanhood. After the death of ther grandmother, she made her home with her father.
She graduated from the Salem High School in 1915. She afterwards attended school at Terre Haute and Bowling Green University having graduated from the latter place in 1917. She taught one year at Carthage, Tenn., and in 1918 she became a member of the faculty of the Commercial Department of Central Junior High School, Huntington, West Virginia, where she was teaching at the time of her death.
During her school life she was popular with her teachers and classmates because of her sunny disposition and willingness to co-operate in all activities. Her life in Huntington was marked by her number of friends among the town people as well as faculty and students.
Her death was a great shock to her family and cummunity because of her brief illness. On Monday, October 13, she was taken ill with sore throat which developed into diptheria to which she succumbed Monday morning at 4:30 o'clock.
In answer to a telephone call late Sunday night her father left at once in an effort to reach her before her death. He was overtaken at Louisville the following morning, by his brother, Thomas who, had a little later heard the sad news that she had died. The father and uncle were met at Huntington, by friends and school officials, who had made arrangements in preparing the body to be sent home. Friends remained at the funeral parlor all day receiving many sympathetic students and friends who viewed the remains.
Short funeral services were held Monday evening and the brothers left with the body on the early train Tuesday accompanied by Miss Pearl Gross, of Buchannon, W. Va., and Miss Estelle Devlin, of Newark, Ohio, both of whom were fellow teachers of Lois. Miss Gross was her most intimate friend in Huntington.
Perhaps no girl in her own home community was better known or more greatly loved. The floral tributes from Huntington and from her home friends are evidences of her beautiful life and of the respect in which she was held. She is survived by her father, stepmother, two sisters and two brothers who with her uncles and aunts morn the loss as one family knit by the closest ties.
Lois was of a devoted Christian character and in every phase of life, she lived true to the principles which the religion teaches. She was energetic, helpful, tender hearted and kind. She will be missed by her friends but the good which she has done will endure. Though her life span was short, it was not in vain.