Stella married Herbert Chaffee at her parents home in Hiawatha, Ks. on Feb 14, 1905. They had nine children, all girls. One daughter (Bonnie) died at the age of 6 mths, the other eight daughter's lived out full lives. Lillian was raised by Herbert's sister Nellie Chaffee Weltmer.

                        DEATHS
CHAFFEE—Stella Davis Chaffee, 103, former Hiawatha resident, died Tuesday, October 22, 1985 at a Lincoln, Neb. nursing home where she had resided for the past 10 years.
    Mrs. Chaffee was born in Hiawatha on Oct 2, 1882, the daughter of Jasper Newton and Emma Hulse Davis. She married Herbert Chaffee and they were the parents of nine daughters.
    She is survived by six daughters, Elizabeth Schrader, Hiawatha, Thalia Cain, Edwardsville, Ks., Miriam Kowrack and Alberta Geistlinger, both of Lincoln, Neb., Lillian McCulley, Tularosa, N.M., Virginia Anderson, Olds, Iowa; two sisters, Eunice Anderson, Yakima, Wash., Pauline Catuska, Ottawa; 22 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and several great-great grandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and three daughters.
    Funeral services are pending in Lincoln, Neb.
   —The Hiawatha Daily World (Hiawatha, KS)
               Wed Oct 23, 1985, p.10.

                        DEATHS
Chaffee—Stella L., 103, 4720 Randolph St., died Tuesday. Longtime Lincoln resident. Survivors: daughters, Thalia Cain, Edwardsville, Kan., Miriam Kowrack, Lincoln, Alberta Geistlinger, Lincoln, Elizabeth Schrader, Hiawatha, Kan., Lillian McCulley, Tula Rosa, N.M., Virginia Anderson, Olds, Iowa; sisters, Eunice Anderson, Yakima, Wash., Pauline Catuska, Ottawa, Kan.; 22 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; 16 great-great-grandchildren.
    Memorial services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home. The Rev. Richard Dinsdale. Memorials to Tabitha Home. Cremation. Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St.
   —The Lincoln Journal (Lincoln, NE)
               Sat Oct 26, 1985, p.26.