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FITCH, Harriett N. c1851-1934

FITCH, ALTLAND, BROWN, CARROTHERS, MARQUIS, SLOAN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 2/6/2014 at 23:46:18

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Wednesday, January 24, 1934, Waterloo, Iowa]

Funeral services for Miss Harriett N. Fitch, longtime resident of Waterloo and member of a pioneer Black Hawk County family, who died at 7 p. m. Tuesday at her home, 613 Franklin Street, will be conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday at the O'Keefe & Towne chapel by Rev. Thomas P. Shaffer, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, with burial in Fairview Cemetery.

Death was caused by a complication of ailments incident to advanced age. She had suffered a slight stroke and had been in poor health for some time previous to her last illness.

Miss Fitch, one of 12 children, was born in St. Joseph. Mich., the daughter of Thomas and Aurelia Fitch. When a small child she
moved with her parents to a farm in Mt. Vernon Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa.

She taught in the public schools of Black Hawk County for a number of years, and later was employed in a number of Waterloo stores. She was associated with the Paul Davis Dry Goods Company and later with the Laverman Bros. Co. stores.

Surviving is one sister, Mrs. Belle Altland of Denver, Colo., who was at her bedside for several days before she died. Three grown brothers, Charles and Henry of Waterloo, and John of San Francisco, Cal.; and five grown sisters, Mrs. Cornelia Carrothers, Mrs. Catherine Marquis, Mrs. Anna Sloan of Waterloo, Mrs. Jessie Brown of Ottumwa, Ia., and Mrs. Mary Mapes of Turlock, Cal. preceded her in death. A sister, Susan and a brother Frank, died in infancy.

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1930 U.S. Census
Name: Harriett N Fitch
Birth: Abt 1851
Residence: 1930 - city, Black Hawk, Iowa

1920 United States Federal Census
Birth: abt 1852 - location
Residence: 1920 - city, Black Hawk, Iowa


 

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