Clara Elizabeth (Weigand) BRALEY

WEIGAND, BRALEY, EBERSOLD, HERTENSTEIN, TRACEY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/21/2009 at 05:14:26

September 22, 1861 --- June 23, 1934

Former Kellogg Resident Dies in California

Mrs. W. C. Braley, 72, former resident of this place, died at her home in Agusa, Calif, Saturday night following an attack of acute indigestion. Clara Weigand Braley was born Sept 22, 1861, in Michigan and came to Iowa with her parents when a small child. They located near Kellogg where they lived until about 1880 when they moved to Belmond, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Wilbur C. Braley of this place at Belmond, January 8, 1883 and they made their home in and around Kellogg for a number of years, then moved to Grinnell and about 19 years ago to California. Four daughters were born to them one of whom died at the age of 8 years. Surviving relatives include the husband, three daughters, Mrs. Leo Ebersold of Agusa; Mrs. Wesley Hertenstein of Pasadena and Mrs. Harold Tracey of Huntington Beach; 2 grandchildren and three brothers and three sisters. No funeral arrangements have been...[unreadable]

Kellogg Enterprise, Kellogg, Iowa
June 28, 1934

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Grinnell Herald - Grinnell, Iowa
July 13, 1934

MRS. WILBUR C. BRALEY DIES IN AZUSA, CALIF.

A copy of an Azusa, Calif., paper, gives the following account of the death and burial of Mrs. Wilbur C. Braley, former Kellogg and Grinnell resident, who passed away recently, as was announced in The Herald at the time.

The account is as follows:

Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Elizabeth Wiegand Braley, beloved wife of Wilbur C. Braley, were held Tuesday afternoon at White's Funeral Home, with the Rev. W.A. Jennings of Hemet, assisted by the Rev. John Wesley Grande of Azusa, conducting the services. Mrs. Harve Ellington sang at the services, accompanied by Mrs. George Garrett at the organ. The services were attended by a large crowd of friends whose floral offerings banked the chapel. Interment followed in Oakdale cemetery, with the Eastern Star in charge of the rites.

Mrs. Braley died very suddenly at her home Saturday. While she had not been feeling well, her condition was not regarded as at all serious. She was 72 years of age at the time of her death.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Braley is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Merna Ebersold of Azusa; Mrs. Wynona Nadeen Hertenstein, Pasadena; and Mrs. Reba Clara Tracy, Huntington Beach. There are also three grandchildren, Wilbur Thomas Ebersold, Joan Hertenstein, and Bert Braley Tracy. Neither Mrs. Tracy, who is confined in a hospital, nor Mr. Ebersold, who is recovering from an appendicitis operation at Sawtelle hospital, were able to attend the services.

Mrs. Braley was born in Madison, Wis., on Sept. 22, 1861. Her family moved to a farm near Kellogg, Iowa, in 1863, and on January 8, 1884, she was married to Wilbur Braley at Belmond, Iowa. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with their many relatives and friends at the Azusa Woman's club last January.

Mr. and Mrs. Braley made their home in Kellogg until 1908, when they moved to Grinnell, Iowa. Their three daughters and one other child, Mary Elmyra, who died in 1894, were all born in Kellogg. In 1916, Mr. and Mrs. Braley moved to Azusa, where they have lived ever since, taking an active part in church, club and civic affairs. Mrs. Braley won many friends throughout the San Gabrial valley and was widely known and respected as a woman of noble Christian character, and one who was devoted to service of her family and friends.