Mattee, Ethel (LaVelle) 1896-1921

MATTEE, LAVELLE

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall (email)
Date: 11/6/2006 at 22:20:14

Obituary.
Mrs. Lewis Mattee. Eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William LaVelle, was born on the 15th day of January 1896. Practically her entire life was spent in this community, where she spent her childhood years and where she grew to womanhood and where she acquired her education. She was married to Lewis Mattee and one child was born to this union. She passed away on Thursday, April 21, 1921, at the age of 25 years, three months and six days, survived by her husband and baby daughter, her parents, three sisters and three brothers; one sister, a babe of two years, preceded her in death. She was baptized in the Methodist church and was a member of the Epworth League. The funeral was held from the Community church in this city last Saturday afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by Rev. J.A. Saathoff. Interment in the Postville cemetery.

Gone in the best of her days,
Blighted in womanhood's bloom,
Torn from the hearts that loved her,
To leave only sorrow and gloom.
It may be in coming years,
It may be in better land,
We'll know the meaning of our tears
And then perhaps we'll understand.

Card of Thanks.
We hereby extend our thanks to the many neighbors and friends for their assistance and sympathy during the illness and burial of our beloved wife, mother and daughter; also for the beautiful floral offerings.
Lewis Mattee and Babe
Wm. LaVelle and Family

-Postville Herald, April 28, 1921
-Transcribed by S. Ferrall
-Note: I haven't been able to find her first name. I checked the Woodmansee burial records and the 1920 census. Please contact me if you know her first name. I'm not related, but would like to add it to this obit.
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09/22/2013 - Thanks to Don Kudlewski for sending her full name!

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Added by Errin Wilker, 7/29/2015:

Ethel LaVelle married Louis Mattie on 17 April 1920 in Dubuque. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ79-SBM) Together they had a daughter, Frances Grace Mattie (1921-1974.) The SSDI lists Frances' DOB as 21 May 1921, but it has to be an error, as Ethel died 21 April 1921. Apparently Ethel died in childbirth. Louis died in a car accident in 1962.