Nurse Leva or Lena Enke writes again to the Peratts, a few months after the death of Vernard.
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Vernard Peratt
Letter 23 – The Vernard Letters – Part Two
This is a letter from one of Vernard’s nurses from the Boulder Colorado Sanitarium. The Peratts seemed to have made an impression on Miss Lena Enke as she writes to them a few weeks after Vernard’s passing. She also wrote again in July. The notes in the last picture on this page are from Lula,…Read more
Letter 21 – The Vernard Letters – Part One
Throughout this site there will be many references to Vernard Austin Peratt, the youngest child of Flavious Austin and Mary Lula Belle Peratt. Vernard was born in 1906 with Type I Diabetes. He was a good student and seemingly well liked but was often sickly. In April of 1921 his parents took him by train…Read more
Heirloom 6 – Lace, In Memory Of
Similar to the tassel in this post, this piece of lace was also cut from a larger portion at a funeral of a loved one. My guess is that it is not the same source as the color of one is closer to black and the other is closer to blue. This was found along…Read more
Heirloom 5 – A Funeral Tassel
This was cut from the coffin cloth of a loved one of Lula. Most likely sources are her mother, Austin, or Vernard. It was found in the wooden box belonging to Lula. There was no other context regarding this item. Heirloom Disclaimer – I have done my best to identify either the owner or purpose…Read more
Heirloom 4 – A Reminder of a Life Taken Too Soon
This is a small, cloth purse which contains a snippet of Vernard’s hair wrapped in a piece of paper. Because this sample was so small and of different texture than his grandmother’s hair, I did not open this completely to expose it all. You will see various artifacts, documents, letters, and pictures which pertain to…Read more
Heirloom 2 – Dried flowers in a match box
There is no context to this except for its location which is in the same wooden box of Lula’s possessions as the previous artifact, the small leather pouch. Based upon other items in this box, I could make a guess that these dried flowers are from the funeral of either her mother (doubtful 1891), husband…Read more
Death Card 1 – Vernard Peratt
Born June 4, 1906 – Died April 21, 1921 Vernard died from complications from diabetes. He was taken to the Boulder Sanitarium in April of 1921 but only too late. More documents and items to come later regarding Vernard.