Mrs. Tilda Laplante
Toledo, Jan. 1. - Mrs. Tilda Laplante, a Nisqually Indian woman who was said to have been 110 years old, died yesterday at the home of her son, William Yonckton, at Toledo, where she lived the past ten years. Another son, John Yonckton, lives near Yakima. The funeral will be held at St. Francis Mission, Cowlitz, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, directed by L. R. Cattermole of Winlock. Father Herkenrath will officiate. Burial will be at Cowlitz.
Source: The Chehalis Bee-Nugget, Friday, 4 Jan 1929, p. 5.
Transcribed by Jenny Tenlen, who has no further information on this individual.
[Editor's note: in the transcription for the Cowlitz Mission Cemetery, she is listed as Maria LaPlatte Yukton. In the Washington State Death Records, her name is spelled "Maria Yukton Lea Plate".]