Laura B. Boxwell DeLavigne  

 

( Baba's neighbour )

Image rendition by Anthony Zois
Image rendition by Anthony Zois

 

Born : 15th March, 1889 - Anoka County. Minnesota, USA

Died : 2nd January, 1979 - Myrtle Beach, SC., USA

Married : Lee DeLavigne

 

AMERICAN

 

Meher Baba called her "my neighbour" when he came to the Meher Center in 1952.

 

Laura Delavigne was initiated by Inayat Khan in Detroit in 1926. She became a mureed of Rabia Martin and, later, Meher Baba. She was friends with Samuel Leonard Lewis and Ivy Oneita Duce.

Original Kitchen, Meher Center, probably in the 1960s. — (L-R) Kitty Davy, Elizabeth Patterson, Murshida Ivy Duce and Laura DeLavigne
Original Kitchen, Meher Center, probably in the 1960s. — (L-R) Kitty Davy, Elizabeth Patterson, Murshida Ivy Duce and Laura DeLavigne