Hazel Louise Walbridge Triggs 1892-1943

TRIGGS, WALBRIDGE, COOPER, WINTER

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/2/2011 at 22:19:04

Mrs. Tom Triggs
Mrs. Tom Triggs, 50, passed away at 4:30 yesterday morning at her home. She has been in failing health since last winter.

Hazel Louise Walbridge was born November 22, 1892 at Milford, Iowa. She was married Sept. 11, 1916 to Tom Triggs of Estherville. They have lived in Estherville since 1917.

She was a member of the Royal Neighbor lodge and Service Star Legion and of the Methodist church.

Mrs. Triggs was a very kind and considerate woman, wholly devoted to her home, her husband and her parents. Death of two children in infancy was a loss which she never ceased to mourn. Her friends whom she was ever ready to help will miss her sorely.

Surviving her are her husband; her mother, Mrs. E. E. Cooper; a brother, Harry Cooper of LaCrosse, Wis., and a sister, Mrs. Georgia Winter, of Jackson, Minn.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 o’clock at the home and at 3:30 at the Methodist church with the Rev. F. W. Ortmeyer officiating. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, July 15, 1943)

Mrs. Thomas Triggs, 50, Dies at Home in Estherville
(Estherville Daily News)
Mrs. Thomas Triggs, 50, died on Wednesday, July 14 at her home here. She had been in poor health the last winter but her final illness was only a week’s duration.

Services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at the home and at 3:30 at the Methodist church. The Rev. F. W. Ortmeyer will officiate. Burial will be at the Oak Hill cemetery.

Surviving are her husband; her mother, Mrs. E.E. Cooper; a brother, Harry Cooper of La Crosse, Wis.; and a sister, Mrs. Georgia Winter of Jackson, Minn. Two children and a brother preceded Mrs. Triggs in death.

Hazel Louise Cooper was born November 22, 1892, at Milford. When a small child her family moved near Superior. On Sept. 11, 1916, she was married to Thomas Triggs at Estherville. They lived for two years in Terril and in 1918 moved to Estherville.

Mrs. Triggs was a member of the Service Star Legion, the Royal Neighbors, and the Methodist church. (Spirit Lake Beacon, Spirit Lake, IA, July 22, 1943)

Mrs. Thomas Triggs Passed Away
Death came Wednesday morning at four o’clock to Mrs. Thomas Triggs a long time resident of this city. Mrs. Triggs has been in failing health for some time.

Mrs. Triggs has always been an active woman and was well known in this city. She was an active member of the Service Star Legion, of the Royal Neighbors, of the Methodist church.

Mrs. Hazel Louise Cooper Triggs was born in Milford November 22, 1892. She was united in marriage to Thomas Triggs on September 11, 1916. Two children born to this union died in infancy.

Before her marriage she resided with her family on a farm near Superior and also near Terril. She moved to this city in 1918.

She is survived by her husband and her mother, a brother, Harry Cooper, and a sister, Mrs. Georgia Winters.

The funeral services were held on Friday afternoon from the home at three-thirty, the Rev. F. W. Ortmeyer officiating. Interment was held in Oak Hill cemetery. – From Estherville Enterprise. (Terril Record, Terril, IA, July 22, 1943)

Note: Her mother, Flora Walbridge married E.E. Cooper and he was the Hazel’s step-father.