Minnie (Chaplin) Vale died 1906

VALE, CHAPLIN

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/12/2002 at 03:29:49

Minnie Vale, wife of John Vale, died Tuesday night of last week. Her death was sudden. She left a child about a week old. She was a daughter of Ira and Mary Chaplin and grew to womanhood at Cantril and had been married eight or nine years. She left two other children, a boy and a girl, her husband, parents, several brothers and a sister to mourn her death. The funeral was from the home conducted by Elder P. E. Wright and was buried in the Robert's cemetery. Her death was a great shock to her friends and the entire neighborhood. Minnie was a good wife, mother and neighbor.

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 65 of Obit Book A found in the Van Buren County, Iowa Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in January 2000. Name and date of newspaper not given.)

I am NOT related to this person and am posting it for those who may find him/her in their family tree.

NOTE: See obituary of Mrs. Alice (Murray) Vale which states "After her husband's death in 1904, she made her home with her husband's brother, John Vale, and children, Forde, Netta and Rex, whose care she has had since their mother's death 1906. She was as near a mother to them as could be and likewise they shall miss her."

[Original Post 29 January 2000]