CAVINESS, Eletha 1889-1982

CAVINESS, ELLIS, MOSHER, DELLAR

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Date: 4/19/2014 at 19:43:57

The Fairfield Ledger
Monday, May 10, 1982

Eletha CAVINESS dies at 92

BATAVIA - Eletha CAVINESS, 92, died Sunday at 10 a.m. at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Batavia Cemetery with the Rev. Kermit Black officiating. A memorial has been established to her church. Campbell Funeral Chapel in Batavia is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. CAVINESS was born June 29, 1889 in Olin, the daughter of Dr. I.N. and Amanda ELLIS and spent most of her life in the Batavia community. She was a member of United Methodist Church in Batavia. In 1907 she married Harley CAVINESS, who died in 1959.

Surviving are two sisters, Irman MOSHER of Alpena, Mich., and Elsie DELLAR of Mountain View, Calif.

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Admin. note: Eletha was Samuel Harlan CAVINESS' second wife; his first was Erma M. GILLIS who died in 1903 and is also buried in Batavia Cemetery. Eletha and Samuel "Harley" share a gravestone in the New Part of the cemetery, in Lot N112.