ELIZABETH FRANCIS GUIRE

GUIRE, GARRETT, WISE

Posted By: Judy Chastain (email)
Date: 2/21/2002 at 20:27:53

Chastain scrapbook:

Mrs. Elizabeth Guire

The following obituary appeared in a
Monument, Colorado paper.

Elizabeth Francis Guire, who has been a
resident of the Monument community since
1873, passed away to the great beyond on
Saturday, June 2, 1928, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Ida Garrett, at Loveland,
Colorado, where she had made her home. Mrs.
Guire was born in Putnam County, Indiana,
September 21, 1845, and at the time of her
death had r4eached the ripe old age of 82
years, 8 months, and 11 days. She was united
in marriage to Dr. Carter H. Wise in 1863 at
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa. Two children,
Edgar and Zarah blessed this union but after
a few years of happy married life Dr. Wise
passed away. The widow was married to David
C. Guire and came to live at Monument,
Colorado, January 1873. To this union one
son Walter and a daughter now Mrs. Garrett,
were born. Mrs. Garrett is the only child
living. At an early age she joined the
Christian church and during alo these years
she has been a devout worker in the church
circle in which she lived. Mrs. Guire had b!
een in very good health to within a few hours
of her death, although for a few months she
has been blind. A lot of the oldtime friends
mourn with the sorrow (the clipping is cut
off right here).

Copied by Judy Chastain
February 18, 2002