Hattie Haselton

HASELTON, MCELROY, BOILER, GALLAND, CASON, CHANCE, SMITH

Posted By: Debbie Truitt (email)
Date: 8/31/2015 at 09:59:01

Obituary From “Ottumwa Courier,” November 28, 1955:

Mrs. Hattie Haselton, 79, of Ottumwa route 7, died at her home at 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

She was born in Appanoose county, March 29, 1878, and had been a resident of Wapello county most of her life. She was a member of the Davis Street Christian church.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. W.T. McElroy of Ottumwa and Mrs. Raymond Boiler of Muscatine; three sons, Harold Galland at home, Floyd Galland of San Antonio, Tex., and Tom Cason of Ottumwa; a brother, Jay Chance of Casper, Wyo.; a sister, Mrs. Ada Smith of Ottumwa route 6; nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and three stepbrothers, Byrd, Tom and Doll Chance, all of Ottumwa.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred D. Hasleton, June 6, 1948, by one son, Fred Haselton, Jr., who was killed in action during World war II, by two sisters, Mrs. Tillie Smith and one in infancy, and by a step-brother, Cord Chance.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Johnson funeral chapel, in charge of the Rev. Harold J. Brown, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Shaul cemetery. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.