Her unusual given name is said by her grandsons to have come about in
the following manner: she was supposed to be named "Beatrice" but on
the way to her christening, her mother remembered that Leatrice's
father had once been engaged to a girl by that name. So she went
through the alphabet (Beatrice, Ceatrice, Deatrice) until she came to a
version she liked.
[on Christian Science] It has shown me the meaning of life and the path we should follow, both in acknowledging our Creator and in finding contentment.
