Obituary-
Bettie Whitney, daughter of Seldon Cook and Isabel Walgamot Whitney, was
born at Chatham, Illinois, April 6, 1862.
They moved to Centropolis, Kas., when she was nine years old.
She united with the Advent Christian church at an early age.
She was united in marriage with Frederick Joseph Smith of Hamlin, Kas.,
September 9, 1880, who passed away April 24, 1904. This union was blessed
with one son, Frederick J. Smith II of Pueblo, Colo., and four daughters,
Mrs. Laura M. Maudlin, Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Lulu Landis, Gresham, Oregon,
Mrs. Katie H. Wilfong, Fresno, Calif., and Mrs. Hattie A. McCrate, LaHarpe,
Kas. Two sisters, Mrs. Kate Pieratt. Altadena, Calif., and Mrs. Mary S.
Jones of Ottumwa, Kas., also survive her. She also leaves nineteen
grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren.
In 1913 she moved from Hamlin, Kas., to Iola, Kas., living in this city
until 1929 when she went to Pueblo, Colo., to visit her son and from there
to the Pacific coast, staying the rest of her time with her three daughters
who live there.
She has always been active in church work in her own community.
I asked (Grandma) Hattie A. (Smith) McCrate once if she knew how HER parents met. She said her mother Bettie Whitney played the piano for Church. Frederick J. Smith (Bettie's husband) came to town one time with some evangelists for a revival and her mother was playing the piano for the same revival and that's how the two of them met.
She passed away very suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wilfong, in
Fresno on December 28, 1944, at the age of 82 years, 8 months and 22 days,
and was laid to rest January 2, 1945, in Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno,
Calif.
Iola Register January 17, 1945
Bettie Whitney, daughter of Seldon Cook and Isabel Walgamot Whitney, was
born at Chatham, Illinois, April 6, 1862.
They moved to Centropolis, Kas., when she was nine years old.
She united with the Advent Christian church at an early age.
She was united in marriage with Frederick Joseph Smith of Hamlin, Kas.,
September 9, 1880, who passed away April 24, 1904. This union was blessed
with one son, Frederick J. Smith II of Pueblo, Colo., and four daughters,
Mrs. Laura M. Maudlin, Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Lulu Landis, Gresham, Oregon,
Mrs. Katie H. Wilfong, Fresno, Calif., and Mrs. Hattie A. McCrate, LaHarpe,
Kas. Two sisters, Mrs. Kate Pieratt. Altadena, Calif., and Mrs. Mary S.
Jones of Ottumwa, Kas., also survive her. She also leaves nineteen
grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren.
In 1913 she moved from Hamlin, Kas., to Iola, Kas., living in this city
until 1929 when she went to Pueblo, Colo., to visit her son and from there
to the Pacific coast, staying the rest of her time with her three daughters
who live there.
She has always been active in church work in her own community.
I asked (Grandma) Hattie A. (Smith) McCrate once if she knew how HER parents met. She said her mother Bettie Whitney played the piano for Church. Frederick J. Smith (Bettie's husband) came to town one time with some evangelists for a revival and her mother was playing the piano for the same revival and that's how the two of them met.
She passed away very suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wilfong, in
Fresno on December 28, 1944, at the age of 82 years, 8 months and 22 days,
and was laid to rest January 2, 1945, in Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno,
Calif.
Iola Register January 17, 1945
Obituary-
Bettie Whitney, daughter of Seldon Cook and Isabel Walgamot Whitney, was
born at Chatham, Illinois, April 6, 1862.
They moved to Centropolis, Kas., when she was nine years old.
She united with the Advent Christian church at an early age.
She was united in marriage with Frederick Joseph Smith of Hamlin, Kas.,
September 9, 1880, who passed away April 24, 1904. This union was blessed
with one son, Frederick J. Smith II of Pueblo, Colo., and four daughters,
Mrs. Laura M. Maudlin, Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Lulu Landis, Gresham, Oregon,
Mrs. Katie H. Wilfong, Fresno, Calif., and Mrs. Hattie A. McCrate, LaHarpe,
Kas. Two sisters, Mrs. Kate Pieratt. Altadena, Calif., and Mrs. Mary S.
Jones of Ottumwa, Kas., also survive her. She also leaves nineteen
grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren.
In 1913 she moved from Hamlin, Kas., to Iola, Kas., living in this city
until 1929 when she went to Pueblo, Colo., to visit her son and from there
to the Pacific coast, staying the rest of her time with her three daughters
who live there.
She has always been active in church work in her own community.
I asked (Grandma) Hattie A. (Smith) McCrate once if she knew how HER parents met. She said her mother Bettie Whitney played the piano for Church. Frederick J. Smith (Bettie's husband) came to town one time with some evangelists for a revival and her mother was playing the piano for the same revival and that's how the two of them met.
She passed away very suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wilfong, in
Fresno on December 28, 1944, at the age of 82 years, 8 months and 22 days,
and was laid to rest January 2, 1945, in Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno,
Calif.
Iola Register January 17, 1945
Bettie Whitney, daughter of Seldon Cook and Isabel Walgamot Whitney, was
born at Chatham, Illinois, April 6, 1862.
They moved to Centropolis, Kas., when she was nine years old.
She united with the Advent Christian church at an early age.
She was united in marriage with Frederick Joseph Smith of Hamlin, Kas.,
September 9, 1880, who passed away April 24, 1904. This union was blessed
with one son, Frederick J. Smith II of Pueblo, Colo., and four daughters,
Mrs. Laura M. Maudlin, Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Lulu Landis, Gresham, Oregon,
Mrs. Katie H. Wilfong, Fresno, Calif., and Mrs. Hattie A. McCrate, LaHarpe,
Kas. Two sisters, Mrs. Kate Pieratt. Altadena, Calif., and Mrs. Mary S.
Jones of Ottumwa, Kas., also survive her. She also leaves nineteen
grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren.
In 1913 she moved from Hamlin, Kas., to Iola, Kas., living in this city
until 1929 when she went to Pueblo, Colo., to visit her son and from there
to the Pacific coast, staying the rest of her time with her three daughters
who live there.
She has always been active in church work in her own community.
I asked (Grandma) Hattie A. (Smith) McCrate once if she knew how HER parents met. She said her mother Bettie Whitney played the piano for Church. Frederick J. Smith (Bettie's husband) came to town one time with some evangelists for a revival and her mother was playing the piano for the same revival and that's how the two of them met.
She passed away very suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wilfong, in
Fresno on December 28, 1944, at the age of 82 years, 8 months and 22 days,
and was laid to rest January 2, 1945, in Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno,
Calif.
Iola Register January 17, 1945
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