Lewiston Tribune, (Lewiston, Idaho) Friday, Nov 6 1987, pg 2B
Della R. Talbot, 90, retired social worker
MOSCOW - Della R. Talbot, a Denver, Colo., social worker for 26 years, died of causes related to age Wednesday evening at Good Samaritan Nursing Home. She was 90.
She was born May 29, 1897, at Charle{s} City, Iowa, to Richard and Wilhelmina K. Roethke. She taught school and was a school principal in North Dakota for approximately four years.
On Nov. 12, 1924, she married Freeman H. Talbot. The couple moved to Denver where Mr. Talbot was the first manager of radio station KOA.
Because of her husband’s ill health, Mrs. Talbot returned to school at the University of Denver to work on her master’s degree. In 1936, she began work as a social case worker for the Denver Public Schools, a job she held for 26 years.
Mr. Talbot died in 1968. Mrs. Talbot stayed at Denver until 1983, then moved to Moscow. She first lived at Good Samaritan Village here, but recently moved to the nursing home.
She is survived by two daughters, Janet Bobeck of Moscow and Nancy Wollard of Weston, Conn; two sisters, Florence Uhl of Stanton, Calif., and Edna Carley of Fargo, N.D.; and nine grandchildren. A daughter, two brothers and a sister died previously.
A memorial service for Mrs. Talbot will be held at a later date at Denver. Local arrangements and cremation were handled by Short’s Funeral Chapel.
The family suggests memorials be sent to the Washington Park Church of Christ at Denver.
Tower City History 1879-1979 Centennial Edition by Allen J. Petersen p.399
Della attended Fargo College and taught school. She excelled in academics and was accorded various honors. She married Freeman H. Talbot and they resided in Denver, Della's present home. A daughter, Nancy, lives in New Hampshire and another daughter, Janet, in Idaho. Katherine, the first-born daughter, lost her life in an automobile accident in early childhood. Della spends time with her children and grandchildren in their homes and in hers.
Della R. Talbot, 90, retired social worker
MOSCOW - Della R. Talbot, a Denver, Colo., social worker for 26 years, died of causes related to age Wednesday evening at Good Samaritan Nursing Home. She was 90.
She was born May 29, 1897, at Charle{s} City, Iowa, to Richard and Wilhelmina K. Roethke. She taught school and was a school principal in North Dakota for approximately four years.
On Nov. 12, 1924, she married Freeman H. Talbot. The couple moved to Denver where Mr. Talbot was the first manager of radio station KOA.
Because of her husband’s ill health, Mrs. Talbot returned to school at the University of Denver to work on her master’s degree. In 1936, she began work as a social case worker for the Denver Public Schools, a job she held for 26 years.
Mr. Talbot died in 1968. Mrs. Talbot stayed at Denver until 1983, then moved to Moscow. She first lived at Good Samaritan Village here, but recently moved to the nursing home.
She is survived by two daughters, Janet Bobeck of Moscow and Nancy Wollard of Weston, Conn; two sisters, Florence Uhl of Stanton, Calif., and Edna Carley of Fargo, N.D.; and nine grandchildren. A daughter, two brothers and a sister died previously.
A memorial service for Mrs. Talbot will be held at a later date at Denver. Local arrangements and cremation were handled by Short’s Funeral Chapel.
The family suggests memorials be sent to the Washington Park Church of Christ at Denver.
Tower City History 1879-1979 Centennial Edition by Allen J. Petersen p.399
Della attended Fargo College and taught school. She excelled in academics and was accorded various honors. She married Freeman H. Talbot and they resided in Denver, Della's present home. A daughter, Nancy, lives in New Hampshire and another daughter, Janet, in Idaho. Katherine, the first-born daughter, lost her life in an automobile accident in early childhood. Della spends time with her children and grandchildren in their homes and in hers.
Lewiston Tribune, (Lewiston, Idaho) Friday, Nov 6 1987, pg 2B
Della R. Talbot, 90, retired social worker
MOSCOW - Della R. Talbot, a Denver, Colo., social worker for 26 years, died of causes related to age Wednesday evening at Good Samaritan Nursing Home. She was 90.
She was born May 29, 1897, at Charle{s} City, Iowa, to Richard and Wilhelmina K. Roethke. She taught school and was a school principal in North Dakota for approximately four years.
On Nov. 12, 1924, she married Freeman H. Talbot. The couple moved to Denver where Mr. Talbot was the first manager of radio station KOA.
Because of her husband’s ill health, Mrs. Talbot returned to school at the University of Denver to work on her master’s degree. In 1936, she began work as a social case worker for the Denver Public Schools, a job she held for 26 years.
Mr. Talbot died in 1968. Mrs. Talbot stayed at Denver until 1983, then moved to Moscow. She first lived at Good Samaritan Village here, but recently moved to the nursing home.
She is survived by two daughters, Janet Bobeck of Moscow and Nancy Wollard of Weston, Conn; two sisters, Florence Uhl of Stanton, Calif., and Edna Carley of Fargo, N.D.; and nine grandchildren. A daughter, two brothers and a sister died previously.
A memorial service for Mrs. Talbot will be held at a later date at Denver. Local arrangements and cremation were handled by Short’s Funeral Chapel.
The family suggests memorials be sent to the Washington Park Church of Christ at Denver.
Tower City History 1879-1979 Centennial Edition by Allen J. Petersen p.399
Della attended Fargo College and taught school. She excelled in academics and was accorded various honors. She married Freeman H. Talbot and they resided in Denver, Della's present home. A daughter, Nancy, lives in New Hampshire and another daughter, Janet, in Idaho. Katherine, the first-born daughter, lost her life in an automobile accident in early childhood. Della spends time with her children and grandchildren in their homes and in hers.
Della R. Talbot, 90, retired social worker
MOSCOW - Della R. Talbot, a Denver, Colo., social worker for 26 years, died of causes related to age Wednesday evening at Good Samaritan Nursing Home. She was 90.
She was born May 29, 1897, at Charle{s} City, Iowa, to Richard and Wilhelmina K. Roethke. She taught school and was a school principal in North Dakota for approximately four years.
On Nov. 12, 1924, she married Freeman H. Talbot. The couple moved to Denver where Mr. Talbot was the first manager of radio station KOA.
Because of her husband’s ill health, Mrs. Talbot returned to school at the University of Denver to work on her master’s degree. In 1936, she began work as a social case worker for the Denver Public Schools, a job she held for 26 years.
Mr. Talbot died in 1968. Mrs. Talbot stayed at Denver until 1983, then moved to Moscow. She first lived at Good Samaritan Village here, but recently moved to the nursing home.
She is survived by two daughters, Janet Bobeck of Moscow and Nancy Wollard of Weston, Conn; two sisters, Florence Uhl of Stanton, Calif., and Edna Carley of Fargo, N.D.; and nine grandchildren. A daughter, two brothers and a sister died previously.
A memorial service for Mrs. Talbot will be held at a later date at Denver. Local arrangements and cremation were handled by Short’s Funeral Chapel.
The family suggests memorials be sent to the Washington Park Church of Christ at Denver.
Tower City History 1879-1979 Centennial Edition by Allen J. Petersen p.399
Della attended Fargo College and taught school. She excelled in academics and was accorded various honors. She married Freeman H. Talbot and they resided in Denver, Della's present home. A daughter, Nancy, lives in New Hampshire and another daughter, Janet, in Idaho. Katherine, the first-born daughter, lost her life in an automobile accident in early childhood. Della spends time with her children and grandchildren in their homes and in hers.
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