Eisiminger, Lydia (Harvey)

Date of Death: 19 Nov 1913
Subject: Lydia (Harvey) Eisiminger
Source: Savannah Reporter, Nov 1913

Mrs. Eisiminger Buried Today

The funeral of Mrs. Lydia Eisiminger will take place this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Christ[ian] church and the remains will … placed in the Savannah ceme…. She had been proprietor of … Richelieu hotel for the pas… years and was sick only a few …, having done her usual work … Friday, dying Wednesday at … o’clock aged seventy-two year… -en months and seventeen da…. was the widow of Henry Eis… and had been the mother of … children, six of whom are l….”

Source: unknown, Nov 1913

Mrs. Eisiminger Buried Friday

The remains of Mrs. Lydia Harvy Eisiminger were placed in the Savannah cemetery Friday after a funeral sermon at the Christian church by Rev. A.R. Hunt. Mrs. Eisiminger had been a member of the Methodist church for over forty years. She was born near Louisville, Ky., on April 2, 1841, and died at her home in the Richelieu hotel November 19. She came with her parents from Kentucky when she was two years old and located near Amazonia. She was united in marriage to Henry Eisiminger December 24, 1859, and to them were born sixteen children, six of whom survive their mother. She also leaves four sisters, sixteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Six of her grand[sons] acted as pallbearers. She was …y industrious woman and worked …thin a few days of her death… did all possible to bring her … up in respect and honor.