Chronology: Chronology: Date 1916-05-02

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1916 2 May 191-	Louisa Aurora "Lua" Moore Getsinger, (b. 1 November, 1872 in Hume, Allegany County, New York) Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, "Mother teacher of the West" died of heart failure in Cairo. [BBD87; Find a grave; Bahaipedia; GPB257] 'Abdu'l-Bahá's appointmented of Lua as "Herald of the Covenant" in the June 19, 1912. [LGHC157] For an her obituary see [SoW Vol 7 No 4 May 17, 1916 p29-30]. She was buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Cairo. In 1939 a court ruling enabled the Bahá'ís to reinter her in the first Bahá'í cemetery established in Cairo, El Qahira, Egypt. Her grave was now beside that of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl. [GPB344] For a photo of the reinterment see BW9p87. See Lua Getsinger: Herald of the Covenant by Amine DeMille. [USBN No489 December 1971 p1-5] See also Sears and Quigley, The Flame. See as well Lua Getsinger: Herald of the Covenant by Velda Piff Metelmann. For a brief biography see 239Days as well as The Shining Lamp and Beyond Foreignness. iiiii	- Biographies; - Births and deaths; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; - In Memoriam; Cairo, Egypt; Cemeteries and graves; Egypt; Lua Getsinger; Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání