Shaffer, Isabelle 1861 - 1918

SHAFFER, NICHOLS, CROW, JAQUETTE, BARTELS, KINNEAR, KOHLER, BLOUGH

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 12/24/2013 at 04:40:59

Elgin Echo, Thursday, 18 April 1918.

Isabell Nichols was born at La Clair, Scott county, Iowa, January 3, 1861 and passed away at the home of her sister Mrs. Fred Crow, of Union Township, Fayette County, Tuesday morning April 16, 1918. When a child her parents moved from La Clair to Clermont and there she spent most of her girlhood days, coming to Elgin in early womanhood, where she was married to Miles Jaquette, December 23, 1881. To this union were born six children: Carl, of Elgin; Earl, of Clayton; Dewey, of Stanwood; Mrs. Emmet Bartels, of Waterloo; Mrs. William Kinnear, of Bonner, Idaho. One child died in infancy. The family resided for many years in Maynard and Elgin.

Mrs. Jaquette was married to C. L. Shaffer in May 1908 at Prairie du Chien, Wis., and they have since made their home in Elgin. Besides the husband and children there are left to mourn three sisters and three brothers: Mrs. Fred Crow of Union township; Mrs. L. J. Kohler, of West Bend; Mrs. Lillian Blough, of Austin, Minn.; William Nichols of St. Louis, Missouri; Charles Nichols, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Harry Nichols, of Grand Forks, British Columbia, together with many relatives and friends.

Mrs. Shaffer was an honored and active member of the Yeoman and Rebecca lodges and the Ladies' Aid Society. In these societies her activities for the high standard of all were greatly appreciated by the members and the general public. She was of a kindly disposition and was always ready to lend a helping hand to the needy and those in distress. She was of a retiring nature but the many good deeds that she has done will live in the memory of all as a fitting memory to a life that was filled with thoughts of kindness toward all with whom her life came in contact. For a number of years she had been a faithful member of the Seventh Day Adventist church.

The last illness of Mrs. Shaffer dates back over a great many months. While visiting with her daughter Mrs. Kinnear, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, she was severely afflicted with a goiter, and it became apparent that an operation was necessary. She was taken to Rochester, Minnesota, and the operation performed at the Mayo Brothers' hospital. For a time her life was despaired of but she gradually rallied and gained strength and was brought home, where under the care of her husband and daughters she improved. Then her trouble took a turn for the worse and she gradually failed, and, it was only the Saturday before her death that she went to the home of her sister, Mrs. Fred Crow, where on Tuesday morning she fell asleep in that long last sleep. So quietly did death come that those who were with her hardly realized that she had passed from the land of the living.

Funeral services were held at the M.E. Church this Thursday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Cleworth, and burial was made in the Elgin Cemetery.

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