MRS. J. W. LEWIS DIED MONDAY, WAS PIONEER
Mrs. Jessie May LEWIS, who died Monday, February 13, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wilson COOK, was born October 29, 1861, at Marion, Iowa. She was 77 years, 3 months and 14 days old.
When she was 10 years old she moved with her brothers and sisters and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo B. LUCORE, to Philmore county, Nebraska. As a young girl Jessie May LUCORE taught school in Nebraska and Kansas. She took up a homestead in Kansas in 1887. Soon afterward she was united in marriage with Joseph Warren LEWIS, November 27, 1887, in Sherman county, Kansas, near what is now Goodland, Kansas.
This marriage was blessed with eight children, three of whom preceded Mrs. LEWIS in death. They were May who died in infancy, Mrs. Sadie FETTERS who died at Kremmling, Colorado, in 1918, and Mrs. Grace FOGG of Steamboat Springs who died in 1932.
Mr. and Mrs. LEWIS moved to Morrison, Colorado, in 1889, where they lived until 1900 when they moved to Routt county. They have lived in or near Steamboat Springs since that time with the exception of a short time when they were in California.
Mrs. LEWIS was converted when she was quite young and joined the Methodist church. After coming to Steamboat Springs she joined the Congregational church.
Her husband, Joseph LEWIS, is confined to his home. He has been quite ill. Besides her husband, five children survive her. They are Mrs. Jean Ruth McBRIDE of Oak Creek, Mrs. Lillie COOK of Steamboat Springs, John A. LEWIS of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Mrs. Myrtle KUHN of La Jolla, California, and Mrs. Mrs. Eunice SUTTON of San Diego, California. There are also two brothers, Robert LUCORE and George LUCORE, both of Arriba, Colorado, nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a host of friends.
The funeral service was held at the Congregational church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. R. A. Dodd in charge. He used as his text the Sixty-first Psalm, second verse, "Lead me to the rock that is higher than I." Two songs, "Shall We Meet?" and "Rock of Ages" were sung by Mrs. A. H. Poppen, Alice Paine, Mrs. Ira Stukey and Rachel Wood. Miss Wood played the piano music for the entire service. The pallbearers were relatives, Wilson COOK, Bates McBRIDE, Elmer FOGG, Jack FOGG, Abijah COOK and Sam McBRIDE. A. W. Heyer was funeral director. Interment was in the Steamboat Springs cemetery.
Robert LUCORE and George LUCORE, brothers of Mrs. LEWIS, came to Steamboat Springs for the funeral. Her son, John LEWIS, was not able to come from Cheyenne because he had not yet recovered from an operation. The two daughters in California could not come on account of illness in their homes.
Mrs. LEWIS was a loving mother and wife and a faithful Christian.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), February 16, 1939.)
Mrs. Jessie May LEWIS, who died Monday, February 13, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wilson COOK, was born October 29, 1861, at Marion, Iowa. She was 77 years, 3 months and 14 days old.
When she was 10 years old she moved with her brothers and sisters and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo B. LUCORE, to Philmore county, Nebraska. As a young girl Jessie May LUCORE taught school in Nebraska and Kansas. She took up a homestead in Kansas in 1887. Soon afterward she was united in marriage with Joseph Warren LEWIS, November 27, 1887, in Sherman county, Kansas, near what is now Goodland, Kansas.
This marriage was blessed with eight children, three of whom preceded Mrs. LEWIS in death. They were May who died in infancy, Mrs. Sadie FETTERS who died at Kremmling, Colorado, in 1918, and Mrs. Grace FOGG of Steamboat Springs who died in 1932.
Mr. and Mrs. LEWIS moved to Morrison, Colorado, in 1889, where they lived until 1900 when they moved to Routt county. They have lived in or near Steamboat Springs since that time with the exception of a short time when they were in California.
Mrs. LEWIS was converted when she was quite young and joined the Methodist church. After coming to Steamboat Springs she joined the Congregational church.
Her husband, Joseph LEWIS, is confined to his home. He has been quite ill. Besides her husband, five children survive her. They are Mrs. Jean Ruth McBRIDE of Oak Creek, Mrs. Lillie COOK of Steamboat Springs, John A. LEWIS of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Mrs. Myrtle KUHN of La Jolla, California, and Mrs. Mrs. Eunice SUTTON of San Diego, California. There are also two brothers, Robert LUCORE and George LUCORE, both of Arriba, Colorado, nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a host of friends.
The funeral service was held at the Congregational church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. R. A. Dodd in charge. He used as his text the Sixty-first Psalm, second verse, "Lead me to the rock that is higher than I." Two songs, "Shall We Meet?" and "Rock of Ages" were sung by Mrs. A. H. Poppen, Alice Paine, Mrs. Ira Stukey and Rachel Wood. Miss Wood played the piano music for the entire service. The pallbearers were relatives, Wilson COOK, Bates McBRIDE, Elmer FOGG, Jack FOGG, Abijah COOK and Sam McBRIDE. A. W. Heyer was funeral director. Interment was in the Steamboat Springs cemetery.
Robert LUCORE and George LUCORE, brothers of Mrs. LEWIS, came to Steamboat Springs for the funeral. Her son, John LEWIS, was not able to come from Cheyenne because he had not yet recovered from an operation. The two daughters in California could not come on account of illness in their homes.
Mrs. LEWIS was a loving mother and wife and a faithful Christian.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), February 16, 1939.)
MRS. J. W. LEWIS DIED MONDAY, WAS PIONEER
Mrs. Jessie May LEWIS, who died Monday, February 13, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wilson COOK, was born October 29, 1861, at Marion, Iowa. She was 77 years, 3 months and 14 days old.
When she was 10 years old she moved with her brothers and sisters and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo B. LUCORE, to Philmore county, Nebraska. As a young girl Jessie May LUCORE taught school in Nebraska and Kansas. She took up a homestead in Kansas in 1887. Soon afterward she was united in marriage with Joseph Warren LEWIS, November 27, 1887, in Sherman county, Kansas, near what is now Goodland, Kansas.
This marriage was blessed with eight children, three of whom preceded Mrs. LEWIS in death. They were May who died in infancy, Mrs. Sadie FETTERS who died at Kremmling, Colorado, in 1918, and Mrs. Grace FOGG of Steamboat Springs who died in 1932.
Mr. and Mrs. LEWIS moved to Morrison, Colorado, in 1889, where they lived until 1900 when they moved to Routt county. They have lived in or near Steamboat Springs since that time with the exception of a short time when they were in California.
Mrs. LEWIS was converted when she was quite young and joined the Methodist church. After coming to Steamboat Springs she joined the Congregational church.
Her husband, Joseph LEWIS, is confined to his home. He has been quite ill. Besides her husband, five children survive her. They are Mrs. Jean Ruth McBRIDE of Oak Creek, Mrs. Lillie COOK of Steamboat Springs, John A. LEWIS of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Mrs. Myrtle KUHN of La Jolla, California, and Mrs. Mrs. Eunice SUTTON of San Diego, California. There are also two brothers, Robert LUCORE and George LUCORE, both of Arriba, Colorado, nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a host of friends.
The funeral service was held at the Congregational church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. R. A. Dodd in charge. He used as his text the Sixty-first Psalm, second verse, "Lead me to the rock that is higher than I." Two songs, "Shall We Meet?" and "Rock of Ages" were sung by Mrs. A. H. Poppen, Alice Paine, Mrs. Ira Stukey and Rachel Wood. Miss Wood played the piano music for the entire service. The pallbearers were relatives, Wilson COOK, Bates McBRIDE, Elmer FOGG, Jack FOGG, Abijah COOK and Sam McBRIDE. A. W. Heyer was funeral director. Interment was in the Steamboat Springs cemetery.
Robert LUCORE and George LUCORE, brothers of Mrs. LEWIS, came to Steamboat Springs for the funeral. Her son, John LEWIS, was not able to come from Cheyenne because he had not yet recovered from an operation. The two daughters in California could not come on account of illness in their homes.
Mrs. LEWIS was a loving mother and wife and a faithful Christian.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), February 16, 1939.)
Mrs. Jessie May LEWIS, who died Monday, February 13, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wilson COOK, was born October 29, 1861, at Marion, Iowa. She was 77 years, 3 months and 14 days old.
When she was 10 years old she moved with her brothers and sisters and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo B. LUCORE, to Philmore county, Nebraska. As a young girl Jessie May LUCORE taught school in Nebraska and Kansas. She took up a homestead in Kansas in 1887. Soon afterward she was united in marriage with Joseph Warren LEWIS, November 27, 1887, in Sherman county, Kansas, near what is now Goodland, Kansas.
This marriage was blessed with eight children, three of whom preceded Mrs. LEWIS in death. They were May who died in infancy, Mrs. Sadie FETTERS who died at Kremmling, Colorado, in 1918, and Mrs. Grace FOGG of Steamboat Springs who died in 1932.
Mr. and Mrs. LEWIS moved to Morrison, Colorado, in 1889, where they lived until 1900 when they moved to Routt county. They have lived in or near Steamboat Springs since that time with the exception of a short time when they were in California.
Mrs. LEWIS was converted when she was quite young and joined the Methodist church. After coming to Steamboat Springs she joined the Congregational church.
Her husband, Joseph LEWIS, is confined to his home. He has been quite ill. Besides her husband, five children survive her. They are Mrs. Jean Ruth McBRIDE of Oak Creek, Mrs. Lillie COOK of Steamboat Springs, John A. LEWIS of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Mrs. Myrtle KUHN of La Jolla, California, and Mrs. Mrs. Eunice SUTTON of San Diego, California. There are also two brothers, Robert LUCORE and George LUCORE, both of Arriba, Colorado, nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a host of friends.
The funeral service was held at the Congregational church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. R. A. Dodd in charge. He used as his text the Sixty-first Psalm, second verse, "Lead me to the rock that is higher than I." Two songs, "Shall We Meet?" and "Rock of Ages" were sung by Mrs. A. H. Poppen, Alice Paine, Mrs. Ira Stukey and Rachel Wood. Miss Wood played the piano music for the entire service. The pallbearers were relatives, Wilson COOK, Bates McBRIDE, Elmer FOGG, Jack FOGG, Abijah COOK and Sam McBRIDE. A. W. Heyer was funeral director. Interment was in the Steamboat Springs cemetery.
Robert LUCORE and George LUCORE, brothers of Mrs. LEWIS, came to Steamboat Springs for the funeral. Her son, John LEWIS, was not able to come from Cheyenne because he had not yet recovered from an operation. The two daughters in California could not come on account of illness in their homes.
Mrs. LEWIS was a loving mother and wife and a faithful Christian.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), February 16, 1939.)
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