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Sylvia Lee <I>Chapin</I> Balis

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Sylvia Lee Chapin Balis

Birth
Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA
Death
20 Nov 1950 (aged 86)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada GPS-Latitude: 44.1415056, Longitude: -77.4234556
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Daughter of Leonidos and Amanda (Rose) Chapin. Became deaf at the age of 8.
Teacher at St. Louis Day School, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and Ontario School for the deaf. Noted writer on education of the deaf.

First woman to hold office on the Executive Committee of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf and Chair of the Committee on Publication of Stories.
Honorary Masters of Arts degree from Gallaudet University.

Married James Curtis Balis (1850-1917) on 26 June 1886 at Pittsburg, PA

Note - Death Certificate indicates cremation at Grandview Crematory in California. Ashes were delivered to Belleville Cemetery, Ontario.
Daughter of Leonidos and Amanda (Rose) Chapin. Became deaf at the age of 8.
Teacher at St. Louis Day School, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and Ontario School for the deaf. Noted writer on education of the deaf.

First woman to hold office on the Executive Committee of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf and Chair of the Committee on Publication of Stories.
Honorary Masters of Arts degree from Gallaudet University.

Married James Curtis Balis (1850-1917) on 26 June 1886 at Pittsburg, PA

Note - Death Certificate indicates cremation at Grandview Crematory in California. Ashes were delivered to Belleville Cemetery, Ontario.


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  • Created by: CarolB
  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188045667/sylvia_lee-balis: accessed ), memorial page for Sylvia Lee Chapin Balis (8 Mar 1864–20 Nov 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 188045667, citing Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by CarolB (contributor 47332287).