Advertisement

Emma Whitaker Nutter Chapin

Birth
Perry, Pike County, Illinois, USA
Death
28 Jan 1939 (aged 86)
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend. Specifically: Inglewood California, 1/30/39, Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Emma Whitaker Nutter.9, (Grafton Nutter III.8, Grafton Nutter Jr.7, Grafton Nutter Sr.6, Valentine Nutter.5, Henry Nutter.4, Anthony Nutter.3, Hatevil Nutter.2, Edmund Nutter.1) born: 24 May 1852 Perry, Pike County Illinois, died: 28 January 1939, Long Beach, California, Cremation, 30 January 1939, Inglewood California, daughter of; Grafton Nutter III and Elizabeth Sheldon, married: 29 August 1876, Brighton, Macoupin County Illinois, Lucius Horton Chapin, born: 2 July 1849, Aztalan, Jefferson County Wisconsin, died: 4 December 1925,LaVerne, Los Angeles County California, son of: Rev. William James Chapin and Harriet Lucinda Horton, Children: Ray Edwin Chapin, Lerna May Chapin Kelly (Mrs. Waldo Barton Kelly) son of: Danville Barton Kelly and Margaret E. Hines.

Emma Whitaker Nutter.8, (Elizabeth Sheldon.7 Joshua Sheldon.6, John Sheldon.5, John Sheldon Sr.4, Ephraim Sheldon.3, William Sheldon.2, Godfrey Sheldon.1)

Source; California Long Beach Press Telegraph, 29 January 1939
Mrs. Chapin claimed by death, Mother of Chief of Press Bureau succumbs at home, Succumbing after an illness of only one week, Mrs. Emma Nutter Chapin 86, and Mother of Ray Chapin, manager of the Long Beach Press Bureau, died yesterday at her home 5274 East Broadway, she was the widow of Lucius H. Chapin, for many year a prominent newspaperman of Illinois and Ohio, of Pioneer Mass. stock she was born on May 24th.1852 in Perry, Pike County Illinois. Mrs. Chapin came to Long Beach from Hudson Ohio thirteen years ago, besides her son she is survived by a daughter Mrs. Lerna C. Kelly, of this city, Mrs. Chapin was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. The funeral will be at 2 PM. Monday at the Simson-Dilday funeral home with Rev. Johnson Calhoun of the United Presbyterian Church officiating.

Source; Death Certificate, Long Beach California, County of Los Angeles
Emma Nutter Chapin, 5274 East Broadway, Widowed, Born 24 May 1852, age 86 years 8 months and 4 days. Housewife, date deceased last worked: 1/33, born, Perry, Illinois, Father; Grafton Nutter, born Wolfeboro, Vermont, Mother; Elizabeth, born, Beverly Massachusetts, date of death; January 28, 1939, at 2:20 PM. lived in California 19 years, Cremation, Inglewood California, 1/30/39, Informant: Lerna C. Kelly, 5274 East Broadway, Cause of death, pneumonia.
Emma Whitaker Nutter.9, (Grafton Nutter III.8, Grafton Nutter Jr.7, Grafton Nutter Sr.6, Valentine Nutter.5, Henry Nutter.4, Anthony Nutter.3, Hatevil Nutter.2, Edmund Nutter.1) born: 24 May 1852 Perry, Pike County Illinois, died: 28 January 1939, Long Beach, California, Cremation, 30 January 1939, Inglewood California, daughter of; Grafton Nutter III and Elizabeth Sheldon, married: 29 August 1876, Brighton, Macoupin County Illinois, Lucius Horton Chapin, born: 2 July 1849, Aztalan, Jefferson County Wisconsin, died: 4 December 1925,LaVerne, Los Angeles County California, son of: Rev. William James Chapin and Harriet Lucinda Horton, Children: Ray Edwin Chapin, Lerna May Chapin Kelly (Mrs. Waldo Barton Kelly) son of: Danville Barton Kelly and Margaret E. Hines.

Emma Whitaker Nutter.8, (Elizabeth Sheldon.7 Joshua Sheldon.6, John Sheldon.5, John Sheldon Sr.4, Ephraim Sheldon.3, William Sheldon.2, Godfrey Sheldon.1)

Source; California Long Beach Press Telegraph, 29 January 1939
Mrs. Chapin claimed by death, Mother of Chief of Press Bureau succumbs at home, Succumbing after an illness of only one week, Mrs. Emma Nutter Chapin 86, and Mother of Ray Chapin, manager of the Long Beach Press Bureau, died yesterday at her home 5274 East Broadway, she was the widow of Lucius H. Chapin, for many year a prominent newspaperman of Illinois and Ohio, of Pioneer Mass. stock she was born on May 24th.1852 in Perry, Pike County Illinois. Mrs. Chapin came to Long Beach from Hudson Ohio thirteen years ago, besides her son she is survived by a daughter Mrs. Lerna C. Kelly, of this city, Mrs. Chapin was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. The funeral will be at 2 PM. Monday at the Simson-Dilday funeral home with Rev. Johnson Calhoun of the United Presbyterian Church officiating.

Source; Death Certificate, Long Beach California, County of Los Angeles
Emma Nutter Chapin, 5274 East Broadway, Widowed, Born 24 May 1852, age 86 years 8 months and 4 days. Housewife, date deceased last worked: 1/33, born, Perry, Illinois, Father; Grafton Nutter, born Wolfeboro, Vermont, Mother; Elizabeth, born, Beverly Massachusetts, date of death; January 28, 1939, at 2:20 PM. lived in California 19 years, Cremation, Inglewood California, 1/30/39, Informant: Lerna C. Kelly, 5274 East Broadway, Cause of death, pneumonia.


See more Chapin or Nutter memorials in:

Flower Delivery