Title	Mrs.
Last Name	Kimball
First Name	Flora
Middle Name
Maiden Name	Laughton
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Harmony, ME
Date of Birth	1848-07-06
Place of Death	Ripley, ME
Date of Death	1915-03-11
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 04 15 1915, p. 4
Obituary	Flora Laughton Kimball, whose death caused general sorrow, died in Ripley, March 11, after an illness of several months duration, she was born in Harmony, July 6, 1848, and was the only daughter of the late John N. and Susan H. Laughton of Ripley. She passed her early life in teaching school in her own and surrounding towns She was a natural instructor, her kindly disposition and earnest nature made her a successful teacher, and brought her hosts of friends. On August 11, 1891, she was united in marriage with George M. Kimball. They resided on a farm near the home of her girlhood. Mrs. Kimball was truly a helpmate and homemaker. She delighted in the companionship of her friends and was ever constant in her attachment to them, no sacrifice was too great for her to make for those she loved. She had a great heart, ever sympathizing with the suffering every where and the poor and needy who appealed to her never went hungry from her door. Although never free from pain, she was very patient through her long sickness. She was tenderly cared for by nurses and her husband and brother, Frank Laughton of California. She had the most skilled physicians but they could only lessen her suffering. She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband, and brother Frank in her home, also her brother James A. Laughton of California, who reached her bedside four days prior to her death, after an absence of 32 years. Two other brothers, Charles A. Laughton of Harmony and John Sherman Laughton of Ripley, who has the old home farm and lives beside her home. Many nephews and nieces, an aged aunt, Ctherine F. Haseltine, and friends. Funeral services were held at the home at 2 oclock, Sunday, March 14, Rev. Frank Kingdon of Harmony officiating. The gathering of friends and relatives was large and her beautiful couch casket was covered with flowers, a fitting emblem of the sweet life of the deceased. In the Laughton family lot at West Ripley the loved form was laid at rest, "soft folded in the arms of him who giveth his beloved sleep"