1892–1973

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 15, 1892, Gris­wold, Io­wa.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 19, 1973, Med­ford, Ore­gon.

Buried: Sis­ki­you Me­mo­ri­al Park, Med­ford, Ore­gon.

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Biography

Claudia was the daugh­ter of Fred­er­ick Mar­tin Leh­man and Em­ma Lou­ise Der­my­er, and wife of Will­iam Will­ard Mays (mar­ried 1915).

She har­mo­nized ma­ny of the songs by wri­tten by her fa­ther, and was an ac­tive mem­ber of Co­ve­nant church­es pas­tored by her son, Will­iam Claude Mays, in Mon­ro­via, Ca­li­for­nia, and So­mer­set West, Port­land, Ore­gon.

Sources

Music