The Choteau Acantha, Choteau, MT, 7 Feb 1919
Old-Timer Passes Away in California
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb 2--The funeral of Mrs. Adella C. Wilcox, of Dupuyer, Teton county, Montana, and a resident of the Treasure state for 55 years, was held here Jan. 21. Death came on the 14th from cancer of the stomach from which she had suffered for several years. Dr. Charles Selecman, of the Trinity church conducted the funeral services. Interment was made beneath the waving palms of Hollywood cemetery.
Adella C. Shepard was born nearly 60 years ago in Ohio. While she was yet a child her parents moved to Charlotte, Mich. After completing the school course offered there she finished her course at Ashtabula, Ohio.
In 1884, she was married to Edwin C. Wilcox, of Three Forks, Mont. Mr. Wilcox came west in 1868, and it was only two months ago he passed away. After five years in Gallatin valley, the family moved by prairie schooner to Teton county and built up a second horse ranch on Dupuyer creek. About 1900 she moved the family of six children to town where they might attend school. After the removal of Mr. Wilcox to newer fields in Canada she bore the double burden of managing the ranch and educating the children. Those who desired were encouraged to complete courses in the country's leading universities.
When her health began to fail a short time ago trips were taken to other states, and her condition was temporarily improved. She had been in Los Angeles only a few weeks when the end came.
The children are: Mrs. John Eisler, of Dupuyer; E.H. Wilcox, of Lake Benton, Minn.; Mrs. S.A. Selecman, of Los Angeles; Guy M. Wicox and Roe S. Wilcox, of Dupuyer; and Mrs. George Coss, of Tacoma, Wash. Seven brothers, two sisters, and eight grandchildren also survive. J.B. Shepard, of Three Forks, is a brother.
Mrs. Wilcox was one of the first women to carry the culture and the enlightenment of the East into the primitive West. She spent her life rearing a family and doing her share to perform the big work incident to frontier development. She lived to see the country transformed and her ideals realized and will be numbered among the West's coterie of home and empire builders.
Old-Timer Passes Away in California
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb 2--The funeral of Mrs. Adella C. Wilcox, of Dupuyer, Teton county, Montana, and a resident of the Treasure state for 55 years, was held here Jan. 21. Death came on the 14th from cancer of the stomach from which she had suffered for several years. Dr. Charles Selecman, of the Trinity church conducted the funeral services. Interment was made beneath the waving palms of Hollywood cemetery.
Adella C. Shepard was born nearly 60 years ago in Ohio. While she was yet a child her parents moved to Charlotte, Mich. After completing the school course offered there she finished her course at Ashtabula, Ohio.
In 1884, she was married to Edwin C. Wilcox, of Three Forks, Mont. Mr. Wilcox came west in 1868, and it was only two months ago he passed away. After five years in Gallatin valley, the family moved by prairie schooner to Teton county and built up a second horse ranch on Dupuyer creek. About 1900 she moved the family of six children to town where they might attend school. After the removal of Mr. Wilcox to newer fields in Canada she bore the double burden of managing the ranch and educating the children. Those who desired were encouraged to complete courses in the country's leading universities.
When her health began to fail a short time ago trips were taken to other states, and her condition was temporarily improved. She had been in Los Angeles only a few weeks when the end came.
The children are: Mrs. John Eisler, of Dupuyer; E.H. Wilcox, of Lake Benton, Minn.; Mrs. S.A. Selecman, of Los Angeles; Guy M. Wicox and Roe S. Wilcox, of Dupuyer; and Mrs. George Coss, of Tacoma, Wash. Seven brothers, two sisters, and eight grandchildren also survive. J.B. Shepard, of Three Forks, is a brother.
Mrs. Wilcox was one of the first women to carry the culture and the enlightenment of the East into the primitive West. She spent her life rearing a family and doing her share to perform the big work incident to frontier development. She lived to see the country transformed and her ideals realized and will be numbered among the West's coterie of home and empire builders.
The Choteau Acantha, Choteau, MT, 7 Feb 1919
Old-Timer Passes Away in California
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb 2--The funeral of Mrs. Adella C. Wilcox, of Dupuyer, Teton county, Montana, and a resident of the Treasure state for 55 years, was held here Jan. 21. Death came on the 14th from cancer of the stomach from which she had suffered for several years. Dr. Charles Selecman, of the Trinity church conducted the funeral services. Interment was made beneath the waving palms of Hollywood cemetery.
Adella C. Shepard was born nearly 60 years ago in Ohio. While she was yet a child her parents moved to Charlotte, Mich. After completing the school course offered there she finished her course at Ashtabula, Ohio.
In 1884, she was married to Edwin C. Wilcox, of Three Forks, Mont. Mr. Wilcox came west in 1868, and it was only two months ago he passed away. After five years in Gallatin valley, the family moved by prairie schooner to Teton county and built up a second horse ranch on Dupuyer creek. About 1900 she moved the family of six children to town where they might attend school. After the removal of Mr. Wilcox to newer fields in Canada she bore the double burden of managing the ranch and educating the children. Those who desired were encouraged to complete courses in the country's leading universities.
When her health began to fail a short time ago trips were taken to other states, and her condition was temporarily improved. She had been in Los Angeles only a few weeks when the end came.
The children are: Mrs. John Eisler, of Dupuyer; E.H. Wilcox, of Lake Benton, Minn.; Mrs. S.A. Selecman, of Los Angeles; Guy M. Wicox and Roe S. Wilcox, of Dupuyer; and Mrs. George Coss, of Tacoma, Wash. Seven brothers, two sisters, and eight grandchildren also survive. J.B. Shepard, of Three Forks, is a brother.
Mrs. Wilcox was one of the first women to carry the culture and the enlightenment of the East into the primitive West. She spent her life rearing a family and doing her share to perform the big work incident to frontier development. She lived to see the country transformed and her ideals realized and will be numbered among the West's coterie of home and empire builders.
Old-Timer Passes Away in California
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb 2--The funeral of Mrs. Adella C. Wilcox, of Dupuyer, Teton county, Montana, and a resident of the Treasure state for 55 years, was held here Jan. 21. Death came on the 14th from cancer of the stomach from which she had suffered for several years. Dr. Charles Selecman, of the Trinity church conducted the funeral services. Interment was made beneath the waving palms of Hollywood cemetery.
Adella C. Shepard was born nearly 60 years ago in Ohio. While she was yet a child her parents moved to Charlotte, Mich. After completing the school course offered there she finished her course at Ashtabula, Ohio.
In 1884, she was married to Edwin C. Wilcox, of Three Forks, Mont. Mr. Wilcox came west in 1868, and it was only two months ago he passed away. After five years in Gallatin valley, the family moved by prairie schooner to Teton county and built up a second horse ranch on Dupuyer creek. About 1900 she moved the family of six children to town where they might attend school. After the removal of Mr. Wilcox to newer fields in Canada she bore the double burden of managing the ranch and educating the children. Those who desired were encouraged to complete courses in the country's leading universities.
When her health began to fail a short time ago trips were taken to other states, and her condition was temporarily improved. She had been in Los Angeles only a few weeks when the end came.
The children are: Mrs. John Eisler, of Dupuyer; E.H. Wilcox, of Lake Benton, Minn.; Mrs. S.A. Selecman, of Los Angeles; Guy M. Wicox and Roe S. Wilcox, of Dupuyer; and Mrs. George Coss, of Tacoma, Wash. Seven brothers, two sisters, and eight grandchildren also survive. J.B. Shepard, of Three Forks, is a brother.
Mrs. Wilcox was one of the first women to carry the culture and the enlightenment of the East into the primitive West. She spent her life rearing a family and doing her share to perform the big work incident to frontier development. She lived to see the country transformed and her ideals realized and will be numbered among the West's coterie of home and empire builders.
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