Hazel Amelia Bateman Cotterell, 81, passed away today, March 23, 1980 in Blackfoot. She was born July 18, 1898 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Valintine and Sarah Alminty Despain Bateman. She married her first husband David William Terman in Davis County, Utah on July 16 1917. They had three daughters Marjorie, Edith, and Helen. On June 20, 1934 she was convicted of 2nd degree murder and spent 4 years of a 5 year to life sentence in prison for the murder of her husband, David Terman. upon her release she married David R. Pike, one of the ranch hands also convicted in the murder and subsequently acquitted, whom she was having a love affair with at the time. They were married for ten years then later divorced and she later married Milton Hope Cotterell on August 10 1948 in Blackfoot, Idaho. Milton died in 1970.
She is survived by her daughters Marjorie Hofer of Ogden, Utah; Edith Pope of Blackfoot, Idaho; and Helen Bys of Phoenix, Arizona. Many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, all three husbands, and a son in law, Reed Hofer.
Interment in Grove City Cemetery in Blackfoot.
She is survived by her daughters Marjorie Hofer of Ogden, Utah; Edith Pope of Blackfoot, Idaho; and Helen Bys of Phoenix, Arizona. Many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, all three husbands, and a son in law, Reed Hofer.
Interment in Grove City Cemetery in Blackfoot.
Hazel Amelia Bateman Cotterell, 81, passed away today, March 23, 1980 in Blackfoot. She was born July 18, 1898 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Valintine and Sarah Alminty Despain Bateman. She married her first husband David William Terman in Davis County, Utah on July 16 1917. They had three daughters Marjorie, Edith, and Helen. On June 20, 1934 she was convicted of 2nd degree murder and spent 4 years of a 5 year to life sentence in prison for the murder of her husband, David Terman. upon her release she married David R. Pike, one of the ranch hands also convicted in the murder and subsequently acquitted, whom she was having a love affair with at the time. They were married for ten years then later divorced and she later married Milton Hope Cotterell on August 10 1948 in Blackfoot, Idaho. Milton died in 1970.
She is survived by her daughters Marjorie Hofer of Ogden, Utah; Edith Pope of Blackfoot, Idaho; and Helen Bys of Phoenix, Arizona. Many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, all three husbands, and a son in law, Reed Hofer.
Interment in Grove City Cemetery in Blackfoot.
She is survived by her daughters Marjorie Hofer of Ogden, Utah; Edith Pope of Blackfoot, Idaho; and Helen Bys of Phoenix, Arizona. Many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, all three husbands, and a son in law, Reed Hofer.
Interment in Grove City Cemetery in Blackfoot.
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