Nila G. Stevens Morrison
Nila Morrison passed away June 30, 2005, in Eureka at the age of 98.
Nila was born in Austin, Minnesota, on December 21, 1906, to Luman D. and Edna Blanchard Stevens. After a childhood spent near Bozeman, Montana, she moved to Eureka with her family.
After graduating from college, Nila met her husband, Sidney Morrison. They were married 1943 in Bozeman after a long engagement and Nila lived on her husband’s family ranch at Bear River until the early 1990’s. At that time she moved to Ferndale, then to Eureka to live with her niece, Sharon Miller and her family.
In her teens Nila traveled to California driving a team of horses pulling a covered wagon carrying her mother and “the baby”. She went on to attend San Jose State College, Mills College and Humboldt State College from which she graduated in 1929 with a degree in Elementary Education.
In the fall of 1929 Nila began her first teaching job at Capetown, a one-room school with nine regular students. The school was located about 15 miles south of Ferndale, California, only a few yards from Bear River. Not owning a car, she rode horseback to get to school everyday. Nila later taught at Petrolia and at Miranda and, at one point in her career, became principal of the Trinidad School. After her marriage, Nila taught at the Upper Bear River school near her home. When that school closed she taught seventh grade in Rio Dell until her retirement in 1966. When teaching at Bear River, Nila often walked or rode horseback to school with one or more of her pupils.
Nila and Sid were a devoted couple for more than thirty-eight years, until his death in 1981. They had no children, but were very loving and kind “Aunt Ninie” and Uncle Sid to many nieces and nephews. Always helpful and encouraging, Nila treasured dozens of newspaper clippings telling of the accomplishments, honors and triumphs of several generations of young men and women.
Blessed with five brothers, Roy, Paul, Dean, Mac and Norman and six sisters, Bess Kay, Ruby Woosley, Vila Pinkerton, Marion Westfall, Lynne Head and Isabel Garver and their children and a huge circle of friends scattered far and wide, Nila kept very busy writing letters to all of them. After her retirement, early mornings were always spent sitting up in bed with a little lap desk, writing the eagerly awaited letters. She was also an accomplished artist, creating many lovely canvases in watercolor, oil and acrylic paints.
Always interested in the community and education Nila was a longstanding member of many professional, community and service organizations including the American Association of University Women, Business and Professional Women, California Association of Retired Teachers, Order of Eastern Star, Ferndale Village Club, the Ferndale Museum and the Humboldt Historical Society.
Nila is survived by her many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Sid; her parents; her five brothers and six sisters; nieces, Sharon Stevens Miller, Christine Stevens Lyons, Lily Edna Stevens Petersen, Pearl Woosley Murphy and Merle Edna Woosley Worthington; nephews, Dwight (Bunky) Stevens and Ronald Garver.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, July 6, 2005, at 2:00 PM at the Chapel of the Ferns in Ferndale. Internment will be private. Honorary Pallbearers are Walter Head, Loren Head, Roland Stevens, Roger George, Arthur (Bud) Covington, Frank Benko, Jim Cook, Phil Frame, Sanford Lowry and Bill McBride.
Memorial contributions may be made to Northern California Shiners Hospital, 2425 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, or to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements are under the care of Chapel of the Ferns, Citizens Mortuary.
Published in Eureka Times-Standard on July 2, 2005
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A photo of her headstone in Billion Graves is the source for her burial location and headstone transcription.
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Home in 1910: School District 38, Gallatin, Montana
Home in 1920: Bozeman Ward 1, Gallatin, Montana
Home in 1930: Eureka, Humboldt, California
Home in 1940: Eureka, Humboldt, California
SOURCE: ancestry.com
- U.S. Federal Census
- Montana County Marriages (middle name)
Nila Morrison passed away June 30, 2005, in Eureka at the age of 98.
Nila was born in Austin, Minnesota, on December 21, 1906, to Luman D. and Edna Blanchard Stevens. After a childhood spent near Bozeman, Montana, she moved to Eureka with her family.
After graduating from college, Nila met her husband, Sidney Morrison. They were married 1943 in Bozeman after a long engagement and Nila lived on her husband’s family ranch at Bear River until the early 1990’s. At that time she moved to Ferndale, then to Eureka to live with her niece, Sharon Miller and her family.
In her teens Nila traveled to California driving a team of horses pulling a covered wagon carrying her mother and “the baby”. She went on to attend San Jose State College, Mills College and Humboldt State College from which she graduated in 1929 with a degree in Elementary Education.
In the fall of 1929 Nila began her first teaching job at Capetown, a one-room school with nine regular students. The school was located about 15 miles south of Ferndale, California, only a few yards from Bear River. Not owning a car, she rode horseback to get to school everyday. Nila later taught at Petrolia and at Miranda and, at one point in her career, became principal of the Trinidad School. After her marriage, Nila taught at the Upper Bear River school near her home. When that school closed she taught seventh grade in Rio Dell until her retirement in 1966. When teaching at Bear River, Nila often walked or rode horseback to school with one or more of her pupils.
Nila and Sid were a devoted couple for more than thirty-eight years, until his death in 1981. They had no children, but were very loving and kind “Aunt Ninie” and Uncle Sid to many nieces and nephews. Always helpful and encouraging, Nila treasured dozens of newspaper clippings telling of the accomplishments, honors and triumphs of several generations of young men and women.
Blessed with five brothers, Roy, Paul, Dean, Mac and Norman and six sisters, Bess Kay, Ruby Woosley, Vila Pinkerton, Marion Westfall, Lynne Head and Isabel Garver and their children and a huge circle of friends scattered far and wide, Nila kept very busy writing letters to all of them. After her retirement, early mornings were always spent sitting up in bed with a little lap desk, writing the eagerly awaited letters. She was also an accomplished artist, creating many lovely canvases in watercolor, oil and acrylic paints.
Always interested in the community and education Nila was a longstanding member of many professional, community and service organizations including the American Association of University Women, Business and Professional Women, California Association of Retired Teachers, Order of Eastern Star, Ferndale Village Club, the Ferndale Museum and the Humboldt Historical Society.
Nila is survived by her many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Sid; her parents; her five brothers and six sisters; nieces, Sharon Stevens Miller, Christine Stevens Lyons, Lily Edna Stevens Petersen, Pearl Woosley Murphy and Merle Edna Woosley Worthington; nephews, Dwight (Bunky) Stevens and Ronald Garver.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, July 6, 2005, at 2:00 PM at the Chapel of the Ferns in Ferndale. Internment will be private. Honorary Pallbearers are Walter Head, Loren Head, Roland Stevens, Roger George, Arthur (Bud) Covington, Frank Benko, Jim Cook, Phil Frame, Sanford Lowry and Bill McBride.
Memorial contributions may be made to Northern California Shiners Hospital, 2425 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, or to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements are under the care of Chapel of the Ferns, Citizens Mortuary.
Published in Eureka Times-Standard on July 2, 2005
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A photo of her headstone in Billion Graves is the source for her burial location and headstone transcription.
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Home in 1910: School District 38, Gallatin, Montana
Home in 1920: Bozeman Ward 1, Gallatin, Montana
Home in 1930: Eureka, Humboldt, California
Home in 1940: Eureka, Humboldt, California
SOURCE: ancestry.com
- U.S. Federal Census
- Montana County Marriages (middle name)
Nila G. Stevens Morrison
Nila Morrison passed away June 30, 2005, in Eureka at the age of 98.
Nila was born in Austin, Minnesota, on December 21, 1906, to Luman D. and Edna Blanchard Stevens. After a childhood spent near Bozeman, Montana, she moved to Eureka with her family.
After graduating from college, Nila met her husband, Sidney Morrison. They were married 1943 in Bozeman after a long engagement and Nila lived on her husband’s family ranch at Bear River until the early 1990’s. At that time she moved to Ferndale, then to Eureka to live with her niece, Sharon Miller and her family.
In her teens Nila traveled to California driving a team of horses pulling a covered wagon carrying her mother and “the baby”. She went on to attend San Jose State College, Mills College and Humboldt State College from which she graduated in 1929 with a degree in Elementary Education.
In the fall of 1929 Nila began her first teaching job at Capetown, a one-room school with nine regular students. The school was located about 15 miles south of Ferndale, California, only a few yards from Bear River. Not owning a car, she rode horseback to get to school everyday. Nila later taught at Petrolia and at Miranda and, at one point in her career, became principal of the Trinidad School. After her marriage, Nila taught at the Upper Bear River school near her home. When that school closed she taught seventh grade in Rio Dell until her retirement in 1966. When teaching at Bear River, Nila often walked or rode horseback to school with one or more of her pupils.
Nila and Sid were a devoted couple for more than thirty-eight years, until his death in 1981. They had no children, but were very loving and kind “Aunt Ninie” and Uncle Sid to many nieces and nephews. Always helpful and encouraging, Nila treasured dozens of newspaper clippings telling of the accomplishments, honors and triumphs of several generations of young men and women.
Blessed with five brothers, Roy, Paul, Dean, Mac and Norman and six sisters, Bess Kay, Ruby Woosley, Vila Pinkerton, Marion Westfall, Lynne Head and Isabel Garver and their children and a huge circle of friends scattered far and wide, Nila kept very busy writing letters to all of them. After her retirement, early mornings were always spent sitting up in bed with a little lap desk, writing the eagerly awaited letters. She was also an accomplished artist, creating many lovely canvases in watercolor, oil and acrylic paints.
Always interested in the community and education Nila was a longstanding member of many professional, community and service organizations including the American Association of University Women, Business and Professional Women, California Association of Retired Teachers, Order of Eastern Star, Ferndale Village Club, the Ferndale Museum and the Humboldt Historical Society.
Nila is survived by her many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Sid; her parents; her five brothers and six sisters; nieces, Sharon Stevens Miller, Christine Stevens Lyons, Lily Edna Stevens Petersen, Pearl Woosley Murphy and Merle Edna Woosley Worthington; nephews, Dwight (Bunky) Stevens and Ronald Garver.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, July 6, 2005, at 2:00 PM at the Chapel of the Ferns in Ferndale. Internment will be private. Honorary Pallbearers are Walter Head, Loren Head, Roland Stevens, Roger George, Arthur (Bud) Covington, Frank Benko, Jim Cook, Phil Frame, Sanford Lowry and Bill McBride.
Memorial contributions may be made to Northern California Shiners Hospital, 2425 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, or to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements are under the care of Chapel of the Ferns, Citizens Mortuary.
Published in Eureka Times-Standard on July 2, 2005
__________________________________
A photo of her headstone in Billion Graves is the source for her burial location and headstone transcription.
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Home in 1910: School District 38, Gallatin, Montana
Home in 1920: Bozeman Ward 1, Gallatin, Montana
Home in 1930: Eureka, Humboldt, California
Home in 1940: Eureka, Humboldt, California
SOURCE: ancestry.com
- U.S. Federal Census
- Montana County Marriages (middle name)
Nila Morrison passed away June 30, 2005, in Eureka at the age of 98.
Nila was born in Austin, Minnesota, on December 21, 1906, to Luman D. and Edna Blanchard Stevens. After a childhood spent near Bozeman, Montana, she moved to Eureka with her family.
After graduating from college, Nila met her husband, Sidney Morrison. They were married 1943 in Bozeman after a long engagement and Nila lived on her husband’s family ranch at Bear River until the early 1990’s. At that time she moved to Ferndale, then to Eureka to live with her niece, Sharon Miller and her family.
In her teens Nila traveled to California driving a team of horses pulling a covered wagon carrying her mother and “the baby”. She went on to attend San Jose State College, Mills College and Humboldt State College from which she graduated in 1929 with a degree in Elementary Education.
In the fall of 1929 Nila began her first teaching job at Capetown, a one-room school with nine regular students. The school was located about 15 miles south of Ferndale, California, only a few yards from Bear River. Not owning a car, she rode horseback to get to school everyday. Nila later taught at Petrolia and at Miranda and, at one point in her career, became principal of the Trinidad School. After her marriage, Nila taught at the Upper Bear River school near her home. When that school closed she taught seventh grade in Rio Dell until her retirement in 1966. When teaching at Bear River, Nila often walked or rode horseback to school with one or more of her pupils.
Nila and Sid were a devoted couple for more than thirty-eight years, until his death in 1981. They had no children, but were very loving and kind “Aunt Ninie” and Uncle Sid to many nieces and nephews. Always helpful and encouraging, Nila treasured dozens of newspaper clippings telling of the accomplishments, honors and triumphs of several generations of young men and women.
Blessed with five brothers, Roy, Paul, Dean, Mac and Norman and six sisters, Bess Kay, Ruby Woosley, Vila Pinkerton, Marion Westfall, Lynne Head and Isabel Garver and their children and a huge circle of friends scattered far and wide, Nila kept very busy writing letters to all of them. After her retirement, early mornings were always spent sitting up in bed with a little lap desk, writing the eagerly awaited letters. She was also an accomplished artist, creating many lovely canvases in watercolor, oil and acrylic paints.
Always interested in the community and education Nila was a longstanding member of many professional, community and service organizations including the American Association of University Women, Business and Professional Women, California Association of Retired Teachers, Order of Eastern Star, Ferndale Village Club, the Ferndale Museum and the Humboldt Historical Society.
Nila is survived by her many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Sid; her parents; her five brothers and six sisters; nieces, Sharon Stevens Miller, Christine Stevens Lyons, Lily Edna Stevens Petersen, Pearl Woosley Murphy and Merle Edna Woosley Worthington; nephews, Dwight (Bunky) Stevens and Ronald Garver.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, July 6, 2005, at 2:00 PM at the Chapel of the Ferns in Ferndale. Internment will be private. Honorary Pallbearers are Walter Head, Loren Head, Roland Stevens, Roger George, Arthur (Bud) Covington, Frank Benko, Jim Cook, Phil Frame, Sanford Lowry and Bill McBride.
Memorial contributions may be made to Northern California Shiners Hospital, 2425 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, or to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements are under the care of Chapel of the Ferns, Citizens Mortuary.
Published in Eureka Times-Standard on July 2, 2005
__________________________________
A photo of her headstone in Billion Graves is the source for her burial location and headstone transcription.
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Home in 1910: School District 38, Gallatin, Montana
Home in 1920: Bozeman Ward 1, Gallatin, Montana
Home in 1930: Eureka, Humboldt, California
Home in 1940: Eureka, Humboldt, California
SOURCE: ancestry.com
- U.S. Federal Census
- Montana County Marriages (middle name)
Inscription
Beloved Wife
NILA G. STEVENS
MORRISON
DEC. 21, 1906 - JUNE 30, 2005
I will lift mine eyes unto the hills.
Family Members
Siblings
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Bessie Vera Stevens Kay
1894–1968
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Ruby Leona Stevens Woosley
1896–1984
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Roy Orlando Stevens
1898–1978
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Paul Edward Stevens
1900–1969
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Marian Isabel Stevens Westfall
1902–1996
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Vila Edna Stevens Pinkerton
1904–1980
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Mac Luman Stevens
1908–1971
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Norman F. Stevens
1917–1999
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Isabel Paula Stevens Garver
1921–1985
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