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Sara <I>Chapman</I> Curtis

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Sara Chapman Curtis

Birth
Death
15 Jun 1993 (aged 95)
Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 1, Lot 301, Space 2
Memorial ID
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Sara Chapman was born in Creede to Lewis (Lute) Chapman and Mary E. Weber from Nathop. Lute was a muleskinner and helped build the first road over Wolf Creek pass with his company L. J Tranportation.

Sara worked at the San Luis Central R.R. "the Peavine" and taught school at Wagon Wheel Gap. In the forties she was a sponsor of the Fortnightly Club and gave miny piano concerts.

Sara lived a long life, was a teacher, educated at the University of Colorado, member of the Pi Phi sorority and the first degreed woman from that University in Psycology. She taught at Colorado A&M, in Ft. Collins prior to accepting a position to teach at the "Gap"

She played a great piano and told wonderful stories, and now we tell them about her.



Sara Chapman was born in Creede to Lewis (Lute) Chapman and Mary E. Weber from Nathop. Lute was a muleskinner and helped build the first road over Wolf Creek pass with his company L. J Tranportation.

Sara worked at the San Luis Central R.R. "the Peavine" and taught school at Wagon Wheel Gap. In the forties she was a sponsor of the Fortnightly Club and gave miny piano concerts.

Sara lived a long life, was a teacher, educated at the University of Colorado, member of the Pi Phi sorority and the first degreed woman from that University in Psycology. She taught at Colorado A&M, in Ft. Collins prior to accepting a position to teach at the "Gap"

She played a great piano and told wonderful stories, and now we tell them about her.





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  • Maintained by: G P Curtis
  • Originally Created by: Bill Hazard
  • Added: Feb 13, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65602491/sara-curtis: accessed ), memorial page for Sara Chapman Curtis (1 Nov 1897–15 Jun 1993), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65602491, citing Monte Vista Cemetery, Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by G P Curtis (contributor 47990187).