Catherine Gift Batie 1853-1944

GIFT, BATIE, MORTENSEN, NOLAN, KENDALL, WALLACE, LONG, FITZGERALD, BRINKERHOFF, JOHNSON, FLOURNAY, MANTHE, MESSER, DELANCEY

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Date: 8/24/2006 at 19:37:50

The Ruthven Free Press; Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa; Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1944

MRS. BATIE PASSES AWAY ON FRIDAY
A Resident of Community Since 1882 Passes Away; Funeral Held Last Sunday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Batie were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Nolan last Sunday afternoon with Rev. P.P. Potter of the local Methodist church officiating. Mrs. Batie passed away last Friday, Feb. 4, 1944.

Interment was made in Crown Hill cemetery.

Catherine Lyle Gift, daughter of Adam and Catherine Gift, was born at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1853. She was married to George Batie at Prairiesburg, Iowa, October 27, 1872. They lived for a few years at Monticello and Sheldon. In the spring of 1882, they moved to Ruthven, which became their permanent home, with the exception of five winters spent at Ames. Mr. Batie, who was a veteran of the civil war, died in 1932.

Of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Batie, one son, Albert, died in infancy; two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Mortensen and Mrs. Gertie Nolan. Live in Ruthven; and one son, Harrison Batie, lives in Seattle, Washington.

Mrs. Batie is also survived by six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Her grandsons are Lyle Nolan of Ruthven, and Harrison, Jr., Paul and Robert Batie of Seattle, Washington, and her granddaughters are: Mrs. Harriet Kendall of Seattle and Mrs. Maxine Wallace of Tacoma, Washington. Other survivors are seven nieces and one nephew, all of whom with the exception of Mrs. Clara Long, grew up here at Ruthven. The nieces and nephews are: Mrs. Mamie Fitzgerald of Winchester, Illinois, Mrs. Abbie Brinkerhoff of Okanogan, Washington, Mrs. Pauline Johnson and Mrs. Mildred Flournay of Seattle, Washington. Mrs. Eva Manthe of Salt Lake City, Utah, Mrs. Martina Messer of Emmetsburg, Mrs. Clara Long of Phoenix, Arizona, and Duer DeLancey of Soap Lake, Wash.

Active and independent, Mrs. Batie maintained her own home until four years ago when she went to live with her daughter, Mrs. George Nolan, and later with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Mortensen, both of whom gave her the best of care. Mrs. Batie enjoyed travel and only two years ago she made the long trip by train to the state of Washington, unattended, and returned later by auto with her daughter, Mrs. Mortensen. Her mind remained clear until her death and she passed many hours reviewing in her mind the old hymns with which she had long been familiar.

Mrs. Batie was a member of the Methodist church of Ruthven, held a lifetime membership in the Woman’s Foreign Missionary society, and was the oldest member of the Emmetsburg chapter of the D.A.R.

Mrs. Batie lived a long and useful life, brightened by good humor and a capacity for friendship with young and old.