Lydia Stone Potts (Hoyt)

Lydia Stone Hoyt was born January 30, 1882 in North Monroeville, OH.  Her parents William Jules (Judd) Hoyt  and Harriet (Hattie) M. Hoyt.   Lydia's parents had the same last name because they were second cousins.  The Hoyt line can be traced back to Walter Hoyt  of Somerset, England.   He came to the US in 1629.  She was a licensed practical nurse.  She was working in a hospital when she met George Herbert Potts.  On May 3, 1909 she married George in Sandusky, Ohio.  After her husband died in July 1942 her son, Wallace, was hospitalized for mental illness at Toledo State Hospital.  Lydia came to stay with Wallace's wife and two boys.  She moved to Spokane Washington with Wallace and his family in 1943.  She died of Heart Failure November 2, 1945 in Seattle Washington.  She was buried in Acacia Cemetery.