Ethel V Aye

1889 - 1896  (7 years)

• Name	Ethel V Aye
  Born	3 Nov 1889
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Dec 1896	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I827	Rossville
  Last Modified	9 May 2018

  
  

  Father	William Marion Aye,   b. 10 Apr 1844, Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana ,   d. 12 Apr 1928, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Aliday (Alice) A Stroup Aye,   b. 20 Mar 1854, Indiana ,   d. 5 Dec 1930, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri  (Age 76 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1878
  Family ID	F237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Aye, Ethel Fear Does Sad Deeds Parents compelled to Fill Their Child’s Grave With Their Own Hands Tuesday morning little Ethel Aye, the 7 year old daughter of Wm. Aye, of 510 Van Buren street, died of diphtheria. The remains were encased in an air tight casket for burial. Yesterday the relatives prepared to take the remains to Rossville. They were notified that the physician of Rossville, Dr. Miller, and two citizens Stratton and Binns, had become alarmed and ordered that the body should not be brought within the borders of Roseville, and that any citizen who should attend the funeral services would be quarantined for three weeks. Miss Anna Henrietta, who clerks at Stratton’s store, was told that should she attend the services, she would lose her position. At Kingsville, three miles from Rossville, the funeral party was met by Mr. Scott Stroup, a relative of the Aye fam¬ily, and he told them of the order and took them over the hills to the Ross¬ville cemetery, which is one mile from the town. There the little casket was lowered into the grave without a word of pray¬er from a minister, for the minister of Rossville was forbidden on penalty of three weeks' quarantine from attend¬ing. The grief stricken relatives and one man who braved the order of the "triumvirate,” lowered the body into the grave, and as no one could be procured to fill in the earth, the relatives had to do It. The relatives then returned to this city. Upon their return they were visited by Dr. Miller and Mr. Stratton, who stated that they were very sorry for what they had done, and that "had they known who the child was, they would not have taken the action they did.” But their apology came too late to soothe the hearts of those who had been compelled to bury a dear one with¬out a pastor’s prayer and had had to cover up the casket of their child with their own hands when their hearts were breaking with grief.