Services Held Tuesday for Pioneer Clay County Woman
Funeral services were held in the Baptist church on Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. O. W. Chaussee, 84, who passed away on Sunday at her home in Vermillion. The Rev. G. Thomas Fattaruso was in charge of the services.
Celia Dell Chaussee was born in Rockford, Ill. On Feb. 1, 1870, to Henry Clay and Elizabeth Cook Washburn. With her parents she came to South Dakota as a very small child. She received her elementary education in the little log schoolhouse at the foot of the ravine hill, which is historically known as the first school in Dakota Territory.
She was married to Oliver W. Chaussee on October 21, 1885, and they moved to a farm in Fairview township. There they resided until they moved to Vermillion. To Mr. and Mrs. Chaussee were born three daughters, Mrs. Lulu Walz, now ill in Dakota Hospital, Mrs. Myrtle Fowler, and Laura Chaussee who preceded her mother in death ten years ago. She was the grandmother of Mrs. Sigurd Anderson, wife of South Dakota's governor.
Mrs. Chaussee lived in the formative years of this state and she experienced and remembered well incidents recounted by historians. She participated actively, as long as health permitted in the affairs of the '76 club, and the Fairview Tea club. She was a charter member of the Women's Relief Corps and was a member of the First Baptist church in Vermillion.
Besides her daughters, Mrs. Walz and Mrs. Fowler, she is survived by a brother, Norman H. Washburn of Meckling; six grandchildren [Vivian, Dorothy, Glen, Robert C., Richard D. (Walzes) and Helen Fowler Rawlings], and thirteen great grandchildren [includes five Fowler children].
Interment was in the Bluff View Cemetery under the direction of the Frank M. Olds Funeral Service. The pass bearers were Frank Ufford, Fred Ufford, Albert Mockler, Martin Erickson, Peter Bruyer and William Lee.
Gov. and Mrs. Anderson Attend Funeral of Grandmother Here
Out-of-town relatives who attended the funeral services held for Mrs. O. W. Chaussee at the Baptist church on Tuesday were Governor and Mrs. Sigurd Anderson of Pierre, N. H. Washburn and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Washburn of Meckling, Mrs. Charles Caskey of Akron, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Arends of Ponca, Nebr., Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Rawlings and Mrs. Cecelia Mize of Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham of Mitchell, Lt. Col. and Mrs. John G. Farmer of Rolla, Mo., and Mrs. Nona Trudeau of Glendale, Calif., who has been caring for Mrs. Chaussee during her last illness.
Vermillion Plain Talk, Vermillion SD, April 15, 1954
MARRIAGE: Was 15 years, 8 months 19 days when married to Oliver. Announcement was made in the Dakota Republican, Vermillion, 22 Oct 1885.
DEATH: Clay County Courthouse, Vermillion, South Dakota. Died at her home on 303 North Center Street; was
widowed.
CENSUS SEARCH:
1880 - Vermillion, Clay Co, Dakota Territory (400/25 - 195/194) Celia, age 10, living with her parents.
Funeral services were held in the Baptist church on Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. O. W. Chaussee, 84, who passed away on Sunday at her home in Vermillion. The Rev. G. Thomas Fattaruso was in charge of the services.
Celia Dell Chaussee was born in Rockford, Ill. On Feb. 1, 1870, to Henry Clay and Elizabeth Cook Washburn. With her parents she came to South Dakota as a very small child. She received her elementary education in the little log schoolhouse at the foot of the ravine hill, which is historically known as the first school in Dakota Territory.
She was married to Oliver W. Chaussee on October 21, 1885, and they moved to a farm in Fairview township. There they resided until they moved to Vermillion. To Mr. and Mrs. Chaussee were born three daughters, Mrs. Lulu Walz, now ill in Dakota Hospital, Mrs. Myrtle Fowler, and Laura Chaussee who preceded her mother in death ten years ago. She was the grandmother of Mrs. Sigurd Anderson, wife of South Dakota's governor.
Mrs. Chaussee lived in the formative years of this state and she experienced and remembered well incidents recounted by historians. She participated actively, as long as health permitted in the affairs of the '76 club, and the Fairview Tea club. She was a charter member of the Women's Relief Corps and was a member of the First Baptist church in Vermillion.
Besides her daughters, Mrs. Walz and Mrs. Fowler, she is survived by a brother, Norman H. Washburn of Meckling; six grandchildren [Vivian, Dorothy, Glen, Robert C., Richard D. (Walzes) and Helen Fowler Rawlings], and thirteen great grandchildren [includes five Fowler children].
Interment was in the Bluff View Cemetery under the direction of the Frank M. Olds Funeral Service. The pass bearers were Frank Ufford, Fred Ufford, Albert Mockler, Martin Erickson, Peter Bruyer and William Lee.
Gov. and Mrs. Anderson Attend Funeral of Grandmother Here
Out-of-town relatives who attended the funeral services held for Mrs. O. W. Chaussee at the Baptist church on Tuesday were Governor and Mrs. Sigurd Anderson of Pierre, N. H. Washburn and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Washburn of Meckling, Mrs. Charles Caskey of Akron, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Arends of Ponca, Nebr., Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Rawlings and Mrs. Cecelia Mize of Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham of Mitchell, Lt. Col. and Mrs. John G. Farmer of Rolla, Mo., and Mrs. Nona Trudeau of Glendale, Calif., who has been caring for Mrs. Chaussee during her last illness.
Vermillion Plain Talk, Vermillion SD, April 15, 1954
MARRIAGE: Was 15 years, 8 months 19 days when married to Oliver. Announcement was made in the Dakota Republican, Vermillion, 22 Oct 1885.
DEATH: Clay County Courthouse, Vermillion, South Dakota. Died at her home on 303 North Center Street; was
widowed.
CENSUS SEARCH:
1880 - Vermillion, Clay Co, Dakota Territory (400/25 - 195/194) Celia, age 10, living with her parents.
Services Held Tuesday for Pioneer Clay County Woman
Funeral services were held in the Baptist church on Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. O. W. Chaussee, 84, who passed away on Sunday at her home in Vermillion. The Rev. G. Thomas Fattaruso was in charge of the services.
Celia Dell Chaussee was born in Rockford, Ill. On Feb. 1, 1870, to Henry Clay and Elizabeth Cook Washburn. With her parents she came to South Dakota as a very small child. She received her elementary education in the little log schoolhouse at the foot of the ravine hill, which is historically known as the first school in Dakota Territory.
She was married to Oliver W. Chaussee on October 21, 1885, and they moved to a farm in Fairview township. There they resided until they moved to Vermillion. To Mr. and Mrs. Chaussee were born three daughters, Mrs. Lulu Walz, now ill in Dakota Hospital, Mrs. Myrtle Fowler, and Laura Chaussee who preceded her mother in death ten years ago. She was the grandmother of Mrs. Sigurd Anderson, wife of South Dakota's governor.
Mrs. Chaussee lived in the formative years of this state and she experienced and remembered well incidents recounted by historians. She participated actively, as long as health permitted in the affairs of the '76 club, and the Fairview Tea club. She was a charter member of the Women's Relief Corps and was a member of the First Baptist church in Vermillion.
Besides her daughters, Mrs. Walz and Mrs. Fowler, she is survived by a brother, Norman H. Washburn of Meckling; six grandchildren [Vivian, Dorothy, Glen, Robert C., Richard D. (Walzes) and Helen Fowler Rawlings], and thirteen great grandchildren [includes five Fowler children].
Interment was in the Bluff View Cemetery under the direction of the Frank M. Olds Funeral Service. The pass bearers were Frank Ufford, Fred Ufford, Albert Mockler, Martin Erickson, Peter Bruyer and William Lee.
Gov. and Mrs. Anderson Attend Funeral of Grandmother Here
Out-of-town relatives who attended the funeral services held for Mrs. O. W. Chaussee at the Baptist church on Tuesday were Governor and Mrs. Sigurd Anderson of Pierre, N. H. Washburn and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Washburn of Meckling, Mrs. Charles Caskey of Akron, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Arends of Ponca, Nebr., Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Rawlings and Mrs. Cecelia Mize of Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham of Mitchell, Lt. Col. and Mrs. John G. Farmer of Rolla, Mo., and Mrs. Nona Trudeau of Glendale, Calif., who has been caring for Mrs. Chaussee during her last illness.
Vermillion Plain Talk, Vermillion SD, April 15, 1954
MARRIAGE: Was 15 years, 8 months 19 days when married to Oliver. Announcement was made in the Dakota Republican, Vermillion, 22 Oct 1885.
DEATH: Clay County Courthouse, Vermillion, South Dakota. Died at her home on 303 North Center Street; was
widowed.
CENSUS SEARCH:
1880 - Vermillion, Clay Co, Dakota Territory (400/25 - 195/194) Celia, age 10, living with her parents.
Funeral services were held in the Baptist church on Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. O. W. Chaussee, 84, who passed away on Sunday at her home in Vermillion. The Rev. G. Thomas Fattaruso was in charge of the services.
Celia Dell Chaussee was born in Rockford, Ill. On Feb. 1, 1870, to Henry Clay and Elizabeth Cook Washburn. With her parents she came to South Dakota as a very small child. She received her elementary education in the little log schoolhouse at the foot of the ravine hill, which is historically known as the first school in Dakota Territory.
She was married to Oliver W. Chaussee on October 21, 1885, and they moved to a farm in Fairview township. There they resided until they moved to Vermillion. To Mr. and Mrs. Chaussee were born three daughters, Mrs. Lulu Walz, now ill in Dakota Hospital, Mrs. Myrtle Fowler, and Laura Chaussee who preceded her mother in death ten years ago. She was the grandmother of Mrs. Sigurd Anderson, wife of South Dakota's governor.
Mrs. Chaussee lived in the formative years of this state and she experienced and remembered well incidents recounted by historians. She participated actively, as long as health permitted in the affairs of the '76 club, and the Fairview Tea club. She was a charter member of the Women's Relief Corps and was a member of the First Baptist church in Vermillion.
Besides her daughters, Mrs. Walz and Mrs. Fowler, she is survived by a brother, Norman H. Washburn of Meckling; six grandchildren [Vivian, Dorothy, Glen, Robert C., Richard D. (Walzes) and Helen Fowler Rawlings], and thirteen great grandchildren [includes five Fowler children].
Interment was in the Bluff View Cemetery under the direction of the Frank M. Olds Funeral Service. The pass bearers were Frank Ufford, Fred Ufford, Albert Mockler, Martin Erickson, Peter Bruyer and William Lee.
Gov. and Mrs. Anderson Attend Funeral of Grandmother Here
Out-of-town relatives who attended the funeral services held for Mrs. O. W. Chaussee at the Baptist church on Tuesday were Governor and Mrs. Sigurd Anderson of Pierre, N. H. Washburn and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Washburn of Meckling, Mrs. Charles Caskey of Akron, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Arends of Ponca, Nebr., Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Rawlings and Mrs. Cecelia Mize of Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham of Mitchell, Lt. Col. and Mrs. John G. Farmer of Rolla, Mo., and Mrs. Nona Trudeau of Glendale, Calif., who has been caring for Mrs. Chaussee during her last illness.
Vermillion Plain Talk, Vermillion SD, April 15, 1954
MARRIAGE: Was 15 years, 8 months 19 days when married to Oliver. Announcement was made in the Dakota Republican, Vermillion, 22 Oct 1885.
DEATH: Clay County Courthouse, Vermillion, South Dakota. Died at her home on 303 North Center Street; was
widowed.
CENSUS SEARCH:
1880 - Vermillion, Clay Co, Dakota Territory (400/25 - 195/194) Celia, age 10, living with her parents.
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