After her father's death in 1909, Laura went to live with her half-sister, Annie Arthur Wilkes.

Birth Record: State of Ohio, Astabula County, Vol. 3, page 30
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Certificate of Death #22773 74

Obituary for Laura Corrigan Sandoe:
Laura E. Sandoe, 81, 3107 Fourth Ave., Beaver Falls, died Friday in New Brighton unit of Medical Center of Beaver County following an extended illness. Born Aug 10, 1892, in Saybrook, Ohio she was a daugther of the late William Henry and Laura Patchin Corrigan. She was a member of Jehovah's Witness. She was precede in death by her husband, Clyde E. Sandoe, May 18, 1970. Surviving are four sons, William, Newell, W. Va., Leroy, St. Petersburg, Fla., Norman, Beaver Falls, and Clyde, East Palestine, Ohio; three daugthers, mrs. Sara Louise Casey, mrs. Dawn (Dorothy) Snair, and Mrs. Theodore (Virginia) Peters, all of Beaver Falls, 18 granchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 pm today and noon to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Sunday in Loyal B. Young Funeral Home, New Brighton.

SANDOE: Services for Laura E. Sandoe of 3107 Fourth Ave., Beaver Falls, will be Monday at 1:30 pm in Loyal B. Young Funeral Home, New Brighton, wiht George Hollingworth in charge. Burial will follow at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park.

Card of Thanks (clipping from newspaper)
We wish in this way to express our sincere thanks to our many friends , relatives and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy shown us during our recent bereavement due to the death of our dear mother, Laura E. Sandoe. We especially wish to thank Mr. George Hollingworth for his comforting words, those who so kindly donated the services of their cars and those who sent the beautiful floral offerings. Signed: Children and grandchildren

(George Hollingworth was a member of the Jehovah's Witness congregation to which Laura E. Sandoe belonged. He and his wife were close friends.)


Letter dated April 27, 1956 to Laura E. Corrigan Sandoe from the Law Offices of Conrad & Kane, Tacoma Washington:

Mrs. Laura E. Corrigan Sandoe
32 Mayfield Heights
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Dear Mrs. Sandoe: This will acknowledge your letters of June 30th and August 16, 1955 in answer to mine of June 23rd, containing information which I requested, confirming your relationship to James W. Corrigan through your grandfather, Johnston Corrigan and his second wife, Sarah Corrigan. Kindly refer to my letter of June 23rd to reacquaint yourself with the research I have been doing over an extended period with our Ohio attorneys to develop the family tree of Johnson Corrigan (grandfather of James W. Corrigan) to determine the next of kin of James W. Corrigan, who may have a contingent interest in approximately $23,000,000.00 left in trust under teh latter's will which is now under litigation in Painsville, Ohio. Pursuant to authorization, I was taking the deposition of my client, Nettie Stuart, to establish the Mary Corrigan Hall branch of the family, when Mrs. Stuart brought to my attention the fact that Johnston Corrigan had been married twice, and that he had a second family by Sarah Wood Corrigan (your grandmother). Mrs. Stuart gave me the address of Ida G. Stephenson Cambell (your cousin) and I wrote to her to confirm this fact. Upon confirmation the deposition of Mrs. Stuart was postponed and I immediately developed the second branch of the family by correspondence. When completed, the facts were brought to the attnetion of the Court and the plaintiffs attorneys thereafter prepared a "Third Amended and Suppplemental Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Relief" to include the newly discovered Sandoe, Casbourne and Stafford families. Copies of the above mentioned petition have now been received by the respective members of these families. Thus, you can see that we brought your branch of the family to the Court's attention so that their respective interests may be protected. As newly discovered defendants you will want to file an answer to the Petition in the near future or be barred forever from asserting any right, title or interest in or to the corpus of the James W. Corrigan Trust. It is my considered opinion that the chances for recovering anything out of the James W. Corrigan estate by virture of the Lake County, Ohio action are remote and have very little pecuniary value at the present time. however, the stakes, $23,000,000.00 are so hight that even though it is a long shot it is worth the expense of court costs and attorneys fees with the Mary Corrigan Hall branch, in protecting your mutual interest, I would be willig to accept employment. Your interests are identical and it would lower the cost for everyone. In any event, we are now in a position to complete the above mentioned deposition of Mrs. Stuart to establish the next of kin of James W. Corrigan. In that connection I am sending a copy of this letter to each member of your family requesting that they refer to Page 13 to 18 of the "Third Amended and Supplemental Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Relief" to determine whether their names and relationships have been properly and correctly stated, and reply to me even though correct, so I can complete my assignment. In addition to representing the Mary Corrigan Hall branch of the family in the above mentioned action, I have a personal interest in this matter, as my wife, Mae Elizabeth Conrad, and my sons, Tod Conrad and Carl Conrad, (Page 14 of the Petition) along with my wife's relatives, are next of kin of James W. Corrigan. Kindly give the above matters your early attention as it is my sincere desire to complete the deposition of Mrs. Stuart, to be forwarded to the Probate Court of Lake County in Painsville, Ohio in order that this matter may be set for trial at the earliest possible date. Should you desire my representation in the above action arrangements will be made for a nominal retainer of $100.00 and the execution of a Power of Attorney. Sincerely, Carl C. Conrad