METTA BURT PASSES
The entire community was shocked at the death of the beloved citizen Metta Beardshear BURT, devoted wife of Alex C. BURT, who passed away at the family home Sunday at 5:30 p. m. after a lingering illness of heart trouble which became serious last fall.
Mrs. BURT has been a reside of Mt. Harris since 1918 where she has made hundreds of friends who are sincerely grieved at her death.
Metta Gertrude Beardshear BURT was born at Toledo, Iowa, on January 29, 1887 and was thus 49 years, nine months and 23 days old at the time of her passing. She was the second child in a family of five children born to William M. BEARDSHEAR and Josephine M. BEARDSHEAR. Her girlhood was spent in that community in an environment of culture and refinement where she received a liberal education under her father’s supervision who was then president of the old Western college. Moving later to Des Moines where he was superintendent of schools and later to Ames where he became president of the Iowa State College for three years, taking additional work at a college in Hagerstown, Maryland.
In 1905 she came to Routt county to visit her sister, the late Mrs. Rachel CHAMBERS of Hayden, and her family who had settled on a ranch near Oak Creek in 1903. Her visit became permanent when she accepted a position with the Bell Mercantile company at Oak Creek which was a small and growing community at that time. Her contact with the public won her many friends in the upper country and an enviable reputation as a splendid business woman.
In 1918 she move to Mt. Harris while she held a similar position with the Colorado Utah Supply company. In May the following year she was married to Alex C. BURT ad has made her home here since she endeared herself to many with her pleasant and cheerful disposition. She possessed in a marked degree the wonderful characteristic of interested friendliness for all people, regardless of color or creed, in every walk of life, extending her encouragement, consolation and assistance in times of distress, sickness and sorrow and joyous congratulations to worthy causes and financial assistance to the needy bespoke an exceedingly generous and understanding personality.
She was preceded in death by her father, William BEARDSHEAR; a brother, Charles BEARDSHEAR; and a sister, Mrs. Rachel CHAMBERS. She is survived by her husband, Alex C. BURT, and a niece Audrey Jean BEARDSHEAR, who has made her home with the BURTs since the death of her parents in Mt. Harris; her aged mother, Mrs. Josephine M. BEARDSHEAR of Ames, Iowa; a sister, Mrs. Ralph MOYE of Manchester, Iowa; and a brother, William M. BEARDSHEAR of Denver.
Funeral services were held in Steamboat Springs Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Louis Gale of Hayden giving the address of consolation to the bereaved ones and the many, many friends who gathered to pay their last respects. The floral offerings were many, a silent tribute of the love and regard of all who knew her.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), November 26, 1936.)
The entire community was shocked at the death of the beloved citizen Metta Beardshear BURT, devoted wife of Alex C. BURT, who passed away at the family home Sunday at 5:30 p. m. after a lingering illness of heart trouble which became serious last fall.
Mrs. BURT has been a reside of Mt. Harris since 1918 where she has made hundreds of friends who are sincerely grieved at her death.
Metta Gertrude Beardshear BURT was born at Toledo, Iowa, on January 29, 1887 and was thus 49 years, nine months and 23 days old at the time of her passing. She was the second child in a family of five children born to William M. BEARDSHEAR and Josephine M. BEARDSHEAR. Her girlhood was spent in that community in an environment of culture and refinement where she received a liberal education under her father’s supervision who was then president of the old Western college. Moving later to Des Moines where he was superintendent of schools and later to Ames where he became president of the Iowa State College for three years, taking additional work at a college in Hagerstown, Maryland.
In 1905 she came to Routt county to visit her sister, the late Mrs. Rachel CHAMBERS of Hayden, and her family who had settled on a ranch near Oak Creek in 1903. Her visit became permanent when she accepted a position with the Bell Mercantile company at Oak Creek which was a small and growing community at that time. Her contact with the public won her many friends in the upper country and an enviable reputation as a splendid business woman.
In 1918 she move to Mt. Harris while she held a similar position with the Colorado Utah Supply company. In May the following year she was married to Alex C. BURT ad has made her home here since she endeared herself to many with her pleasant and cheerful disposition. She possessed in a marked degree the wonderful characteristic of interested friendliness for all people, regardless of color or creed, in every walk of life, extending her encouragement, consolation and assistance in times of distress, sickness and sorrow and joyous congratulations to worthy causes and financial assistance to the needy bespoke an exceedingly generous and understanding personality.
She was preceded in death by her father, William BEARDSHEAR; a brother, Charles BEARDSHEAR; and a sister, Mrs. Rachel CHAMBERS. She is survived by her husband, Alex C. BURT, and a niece Audrey Jean BEARDSHEAR, who has made her home with the BURTs since the death of her parents in Mt. Harris; her aged mother, Mrs. Josephine M. BEARDSHEAR of Ames, Iowa; a sister, Mrs. Ralph MOYE of Manchester, Iowa; and a brother, William M. BEARDSHEAR of Denver.
Funeral services were held in Steamboat Springs Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Louis Gale of Hayden giving the address of consolation to the bereaved ones and the many, many friends who gathered to pay their last respects. The floral offerings were many, a silent tribute of the love and regard of all who knew her.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), November 26, 1936.)
METTA BURT PASSES
The entire community was shocked at the death of the beloved citizen Metta Beardshear BURT, devoted wife of Alex C. BURT, who passed away at the family home Sunday at 5:30 p. m. after a lingering illness of heart trouble which became serious last fall.
Mrs. BURT has been a reside of Mt. Harris since 1918 where she has made hundreds of friends who are sincerely grieved at her death.
Metta Gertrude Beardshear BURT was born at Toledo, Iowa, on January 29, 1887 and was thus 49 years, nine months and 23 days old at the time of her passing. She was the second child in a family of five children born to William M. BEARDSHEAR and Josephine M. BEARDSHEAR. Her girlhood was spent in that community in an environment of culture and refinement where she received a liberal education under her father’s supervision who was then president of the old Western college. Moving later to Des Moines where he was superintendent of schools and later to Ames where he became president of the Iowa State College for three years, taking additional work at a college in Hagerstown, Maryland.
In 1905 she came to Routt county to visit her sister, the late Mrs. Rachel CHAMBERS of Hayden, and her family who had settled on a ranch near Oak Creek in 1903. Her visit became permanent when she accepted a position with the Bell Mercantile company at Oak Creek which was a small and growing community at that time. Her contact with the public won her many friends in the upper country and an enviable reputation as a splendid business woman.
In 1918 she move to Mt. Harris while she held a similar position with the Colorado Utah Supply company. In May the following year she was married to Alex C. BURT ad has made her home here since she endeared herself to many with her pleasant and cheerful disposition. She possessed in a marked degree the wonderful characteristic of interested friendliness for all people, regardless of color or creed, in every walk of life, extending her encouragement, consolation and assistance in times of distress, sickness and sorrow and joyous congratulations to worthy causes and financial assistance to the needy bespoke an exceedingly generous and understanding personality.
She was preceded in death by her father, William BEARDSHEAR; a brother, Charles BEARDSHEAR; and a sister, Mrs. Rachel CHAMBERS. She is survived by her husband, Alex C. BURT, and a niece Audrey Jean BEARDSHEAR, who has made her home with the BURTs since the death of her parents in Mt. Harris; her aged mother, Mrs. Josephine M. BEARDSHEAR of Ames, Iowa; a sister, Mrs. Ralph MOYE of Manchester, Iowa; and a brother, William M. BEARDSHEAR of Denver.
Funeral services were held in Steamboat Springs Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Louis Gale of Hayden giving the address of consolation to the bereaved ones and the many, many friends who gathered to pay their last respects. The floral offerings were many, a silent tribute of the love and regard of all who knew her.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), November 26, 1936.)
The entire community was shocked at the death of the beloved citizen Metta Beardshear BURT, devoted wife of Alex C. BURT, who passed away at the family home Sunday at 5:30 p. m. after a lingering illness of heart trouble which became serious last fall.
Mrs. BURT has been a reside of Mt. Harris since 1918 where she has made hundreds of friends who are sincerely grieved at her death.
Metta Gertrude Beardshear BURT was born at Toledo, Iowa, on January 29, 1887 and was thus 49 years, nine months and 23 days old at the time of her passing. She was the second child in a family of five children born to William M. BEARDSHEAR and Josephine M. BEARDSHEAR. Her girlhood was spent in that community in an environment of culture and refinement where she received a liberal education under her father’s supervision who was then president of the old Western college. Moving later to Des Moines where he was superintendent of schools and later to Ames where he became president of the Iowa State College for three years, taking additional work at a college in Hagerstown, Maryland.
In 1905 she came to Routt county to visit her sister, the late Mrs. Rachel CHAMBERS of Hayden, and her family who had settled on a ranch near Oak Creek in 1903. Her visit became permanent when she accepted a position with the Bell Mercantile company at Oak Creek which was a small and growing community at that time. Her contact with the public won her many friends in the upper country and an enviable reputation as a splendid business woman.
In 1918 she move to Mt. Harris while she held a similar position with the Colorado Utah Supply company. In May the following year she was married to Alex C. BURT ad has made her home here since she endeared herself to many with her pleasant and cheerful disposition. She possessed in a marked degree the wonderful characteristic of interested friendliness for all people, regardless of color or creed, in every walk of life, extending her encouragement, consolation and assistance in times of distress, sickness and sorrow and joyous congratulations to worthy causes and financial assistance to the needy bespoke an exceedingly generous and understanding personality.
She was preceded in death by her father, William BEARDSHEAR; a brother, Charles BEARDSHEAR; and a sister, Mrs. Rachel CHAMBERS. She is survived by her husband, Alex C. BURT, and a niece Audrey Jean BEARDSHEAR, who has made her home with the BURTs since the death of her parents in Mt. Harris; her aged mother, Mrs. Josephine M. BEARDSHEAR of Ames, Iowa; a sister, Mrs. Ralph MOYE of Manchester, Iowa; and a brother, William M. BEARDSHEAR of Denver.
Funeral services were held in Steamboat Springs Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Louis Gale of Hayden giving the address of consolation to the bereaved ones and the many, many friends who gathered to pay their last respects. The floral offerings were many, a silent tribute of the love and regard of all who knew her.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), November 26, 1936.)
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