HATFIELD, MRS. ALICE S., 84, 700 Church St., Brownsville died Aug. 30, 1976 in Brownsville General Hospital.
She was born June 10, 1892 in Brownsville, the daughter of the late SAMUEL S. and MARTHA OLIVE BLAIR STEELE.
She was appointed tax collector in 1948 to fill the vacancy created in the office by the death of her husband, ELI H. HATFIELD. In 1949, she was elected to the office and served for four additional terms until 1965.
She was a graduate of South Brownsville High School and California State Teachers College in 1910.
She taught as an elementary teacher for 9 years in the South Brownsville School District until her marriage in 1919.
She was a member of the South Brownsville Methodist Church, and was a former adult superintendent of the church.
She was a former trustee of the Brownsville Free Public Library, former chairman of the Brownsville Republican Women, member of the Brownsville Reading Circle, the Great Meadows Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; and the Brownsville Historical Society.
Survivors include two daughters, MRS. ROBERT E. TOWNSEND and MRS. CHARLES J. TOWNS; two sons, EDWIN S. and JAMES N. and a sister, MRS. MARY CLAYBAUGH. A sister, MISS SARA E. STEELE, died in 1971.
Burial in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, under the direction of the Homer L. Crawford Funeral Home, Brownsville.
(Source: Brownsville Telegraph archives)
She was born June 10, 1892 in Brownsville, the daughter of the late SAMUEL S. and MARTHA OLIVE BLAIR STEELE.
She was appointed tax collector in 1948 to fill the vacancy created in the office by the death of her husband, ELI H. HATFIELD. In 1949, she was elected to the office and served for four additional terms until 1965.
She was a graduate of South Brownsville High School and California State Teachers College in 1910.
She taught as an elementary teacher for 9 years in the South Brownsville School District until her marriage in 1919.
She was a member of the South Brownsville Methodist Church, and was a former adult superintendent of the church.
She was a former trustee of the Brownsville Free Public Library, former chairman of the Brownsville Republican Women, member of the Brownsville Reading Circle, the Great Meadows Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; and the Brownsville Historical Society.
Survivors include two daughters, MRS. ROBERT E. TOWNSEND and MRS. CHARLES J. TOWNS; two sons, EDWIN S. and JAMES N. and a sister, MRS. MARY CLAYBAUGH. A sister, MISS SARA E. STEELE, died in 1971.
Burial in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, under the direction of the Homer L. Crawford Funeral Home, Brownsville.
(Source: Brownsville Telegraph archives)
HATFIELD, MRS. ALICE S., 84, 700 Church St., Brownsville died Aug. 30, 1976 in Brownsville General Hospital.
She was born June 10, 1892 in Brownsville, the daughter of the late SAMUEL S. and MARTHA OLIVE BLAIR STEELE.
She was appointed tax collector in 1948 to fill the vacancy created in the office by the death of her husband, ELI H. HATFIELD. In 1949, she was elected to the office and served for four additional terms until 1965.
She was a graduate of South Brownsville High School and California State Teachers College in 1910.
She taught as an elementary teacher for 9 years in the South Brownsville School District until her marriage in 1919.
She was a member of the South Brownsville Methodist Church, and was a former adult superintendent of the church.
She was a former trustee of the Brownsville Free Public Library, former chairman of the Brownsville Republican Women, member of the Brownsville Reading Circle, the Great Meadows Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; and the Brownsville Historical Society.
Survivors include two daughters, MRS. ROBERT E. TOWNSEND and MRS. CHARLES J. TOWNS; two sons, EDWIN S. and JAMES N. and a sister, MRS. MARY CLAYBAUGH. A sister, MISS SARA E. STEELE, died in 1971.
Burial in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, under the direction of the Homer L. Crawford Funeral Home, Brownsville.
(Source: Brownsville Telegraph archives)
She was born June 10, 1892 in Brownsville, the daughter of the late SAMUEL S. and MARTHA OLIVE BLAIR STEELE.
She was appointed tax collector in 1948 to fill the vacancy created in the office by the death of her husband, ELI H. HATFIELD. In 1949, she was elected to the office and served for four additional terms until 1965.
She was a graduate of South Brownsville High School and California State Teachers College in 1910.
She taught as an elementary teacher for 9 years in the South Brownsville School District until her marriage in 1919.
She was a member of the South Brownsville Methodist Church, and was a former adult superintendent of the church.
She was a former trustee of the Brownsville Free Public Library, former chairman of the Brownsville Republican Women, member of the Brownsville Reading Circle, the Great Meadows Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; and the Brownsville Historical Society.
Survivors include two daughters, MRS. ROBERT E. TOWNSEND and MRS. CHARLES J. TOWNS; two sons, EDWIN S. and JAMES N. and a sister, MRS. MARY CLAYBAUGH. A sister, MISS SARA E. STEELE, died in 1971.
Burial in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, under the direction of the Homer L. Crawford Funeral Home, Brownsville.
(Source: Brownsville Telegraph archives)
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