Hattie Emma Pitkin 1881-1986

PITKIN, JOY

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 7/17/2013 at 21:41:44

HATTIE E. PITKIN

Hattie E. Pitkin was born in Kent, Iowa April 15, 1881, the fourth child of Frank and Rose Joy Pitkin. Her grandparents, James and Mary Jane Mosby Joy, had come to Kent to make their home in 1871.

The Pitkins, which would later be a family of eleven, parents, four boys and 5 girls, made their home in Kent, where Hattie spent her toddler years and started school in a one room schoolhouse with Mr. I.F. Wright as her teacher.

The Pitkin family moved to Shannon City when Hattie was about seven years old. The move was made in horse and wagon, and they lived in the first house east of town. Frank Pitkin was a cattle dealer and rode a horse to work daily.

Hattie graduated from Shannon City High School with the class of 1899, the other member being Roy Miller. Hattie stayed at home for a few years, and then decided to go into the teaching profession. Her first duties were at the Lone Ridge School in Pleasant Township, boarding with Exy Lake (grandmother of Rebecca Kessler) for the two years she taught there. She taught 3 months in Platte Township. She taught at several different rural schools in Union County, one at Nevinville, and ten years at Arispe. Her last ten years of teaching was spent with the 8th graders at Coin.

In 1969 Hattie and Bryan moved to Afton where they lived and Bryan died. Hattie remained in the home until 1983 when she became a resident of the Afton Care Center.

Frankie Morgan, whose husband Glen operated a gas station in Shannon City for years, was a sister. Hattie died on December 28, 1986 at the Afton Care Center.

She had lived past her 87th year since graduating from Shannon City High School.

[died 28 Dec. 1986, aged 105. buried Oakland (aka Shannon city Cemetery)]