Herbert Chaffee

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Herbert Chaffee

Birth
Brown County, Kansas, USA
Death
1 Dec 1959 (aged 83)
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Herbert and Stella were married at the home of her parents, Mr. &Mrs. Jasper & Emma (Hulce) Davis, in Hiawatha, Kans. on Feb 14, 1905. Note also that Herbert was born on Feb 14. (Valentines Day)
    The couple had nine children, *all girls*! Their 7th child, Bonnie, died at 6 months of age. The other eight sisters grew to adults, and only one of those, Marcella, did not marry.

From the Wed. Dec 2, 1959 Lincoln Evening Journal & Nebraska State Journal:
CHAFFEE -Funeral of Herbert Chaffee, 84, of 521 Eldon Dr., who died Tuesday, will be 11 a.m. Friday at Umbergers, the Rev. Carl Burkhardt officiating. Mrs. Charles Hoffman, organist. Lincoln Memorial Park. Survivors: wife, Estella; daughters, Mrs. Marian Konrack[sic], Mrs. Alberta Geistlinger, Mrs. Vivian Quinn, Miss Marcella Chaffee, all of Lincoln; Mrs. Leo Cain of Overland Park, Kan., Mrs. Walter Schrader of Hiawatha, Kan., Mrs. Hap Piper of Sheridan, Ia., and Mrs. Harold McCulley of Alamogordo, N.M.; brother, Wallace of Hamlin, Kan.; 21 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
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From the Thurs. Dec 3, 1959 Lincoln Evening Journal & Nebraska State Journal.
CHAFFEE--Funeral of Herbert Chaffee, 84, of 521 Eldon Dr., who died Tuesday, will be 11 a.m. Friday at Umbergers, the Rev. Carl Burkhardt officiating. Mrs. Charles Hoffman, organist. Lincoln Memorial Park. Pallbearers: John Quinn, Norman Clark, Harrell Piper Jr., Michael Piper, and Richard and Robert Schrader.
Herbert and Stella were married at the home of her parents, Mr. &Mrs. Jasper & Emma (Hulce) Davis, in Hiawatha, Kans. on Feb 14, 1905. Note also that Herbert was born on Feb 14. (Valentines Day)
    The couple had nine children, *all girls*! Their 7th child, Bonnie, died at 6 months of age. The other eight sisters grew to adults, and only one of those, Marcella, did not marry.

From the Wed. Dec 2, 1959 Lincoln Evening Journal & Nebraska State Journal:
CHAFFEE -Funeral of Herbert Chaffee, 84, of 521 Eldon Dr., who died Tuesday, will be 11 a.m. Friday at Umbergers, the Rev. Carl Burkhardt officiating. Mrs. Charles Hoffman, organist. Lincoln Memorial Park. Survivors: wife, Estella; daughters, Mrs. Marian Konrack[sic], Mrs. Alberta Geistlinger, Mrs. Vivian Quinn, Miss Marcella Chaffee, all of Lincoln; Mrs. Leo Cain of Overland Park, Kan., Mrs. Walter Schrader of Hiawatha, Kan., Mrs. Hap Piper of Sheridan, Ia., and Mrs. Harold McCulley of Alamogordo, N.M.; brother, Wallace of Hamlin, Kan.; 21 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
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From the Thurs. Dec 3, 1959 Lincoln Evening Journal & Nebraska State Journal.
CHAFFEE--Funeral of Herbert Chaffee, 84, of 521 Eldon Dr., who died Tuesday, will be 11 a.m. Friday at Umbergers, the Rev. Carl Burkhardt officiating. Mrs. Charles Hoffman, organist. Lincoln Memorial Park. Pallbearers: John Quinn, Norman Clark, Harrell Piper Jr., Michael Piper, and Richard and Robert Schrader.

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