VIENNA -- Mrs. Viola Lonis died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Clarissa Suits, Friday afternoon.
She had resided with Mrs. Suits for three years.
She was born in the Town of Vienna on May 7, 1882, daughter of James L. and ida E. Rice Armstrong.
She was married to Herman J. Lonis on Dec. 6, 1900, in North Bay. He died in 1939. Mrs. Lonis
had lived at Maple Flats, Clinton and then with Mrs. Suits. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Surviving besides Mrs. Suits, there are another sister, Mrs. L. J. Audas, Clinton, two brothers,
John E., Niskayuna, N. Y., and Ralph, Central Square, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Vienna Methodist Church with the Rev. Fred
Jackson, Vienna, and the Rev. Wiley White, Westmoreland, officiating. Burial was in Maple Flats
Cemetery.
Arrangements were in charge of B. A. Sanborn and Son, Camden.
A prayer service was held at 1:30 p.m. at Mrs. Clarissa Suits's home, with Elder Keith Burke
officiating.
Bearers were James, George, Robert and Chester Armstrong, Harold Audas and Albert Suits.
Atttending were people form Albany, Central Square, Clinton, Elmira, Silver Springs, Md., Verona,
Mattydale, Whitesboro.
There were flowers from LaSalle Bros. Garage, neighbors, friends and relatives.