Sarah DeEtte (Pierce) Chandler was born in 1851 in Jefferson County, New York, the daughter of Robert Pierce and Julia Sprague. She spent her childhood in New York state and later Wisconsin. She moved to Grand Traverse County with her parents after the end of the Civil War. She was married to David Chandler in February 1872 and her first child, John, was born in 1873.
DeEtte was a housewife and occasionally was called to be a midwife. She lived in Fife Lake township, where she gave birth to two other children, Grace and Garfield. In 1872 she served on the Committee for Arrangements for the Paradise town 4th of July celebration. She helped organize a church benefit oyster supper in 1886.
DeEtte "died quite suddenly at her home of paralysis Tuesday afternoon, aged 46 years. Mrs. Chandler had not been in strong health for some time, but was as well as usual the day before her death, and was not taken seriously ill until after breakfast Tuesday, when a sudden stroke of paralysis prostrated her, and death came about two o'clock in the afternoon. The funeral services will be held at noon today, and the burial will take place in Oakwood cemetery. Mrs. Chandler was prominent in many good works and will be greatly missed, especially among the young people of the Potter school house Sunday school of which she was superintendent, and her loss will be felt deeply by the whole community" (Grand Traverse Herald, 7 July 1898).
DeEtte was a housewife and occasionally was called to be a midwife. She lived in Fife Lake township, where she gave birth to two other children, Grace and Garfield. In 1872 she served on the Committee for Arrangements for the Paradise town 4th of July celebration. She helped organize a church benefit oyster supper in 1886.
DeEtte "died quite suddenly at her home of paralysis Tuesday afternoon, aged 46 years. Mrs. Chandler had not been in strong health for some time, but was as well as usual the day before her death, and was not taken seriously ill until after breakfast Tuesday, when a sudden stroke of paralysis prostrated her, and death came about two o'clock in the afternoon. The funeral services will be held at noon today, and the burial will take place in Oakwood cemetery. Mrs. Chandler was prominent in many good works and will be greatly missed, especially among the young people of the Potter school house Sunday school of which she was superintendent, and her loss will be felt deeply by the whole community" (Grand Traverse Herald, 7 July 1898).
Sarah DeEtte (Pierce) Chandler was born in 1851 in Jefferson County, New York, the daughter of Robert Pierce and Julia Sprague. She spent her childhood in New York state and later Wisconsin. She moved to Grand Traverse County with her parents after the end of the Civil War. She was married to David Chandler in February 1872 and her first child, John, was born in 1873.
DeEtte was a housewife and occasionally was called to be a midwife. She lived in Fife Lake township, where she gave birth to two other children, Grace and Garfield. In 1872 she served on the Committee for Arrangements for the Paradise town 4th of July celebration. She helped organize a church benefit oyster supper in 1886.
DeEtte "died quite suddenly at her home of paralysis Tuesday afternoon, aged 46 years. Mrs. Chandler had not been in strong health for some time, but was as well as usual the day before her death, and was not taken seriously ill until after breakfast Tuesday, when a sudden stroke of paralysis prostrated her, and death came about two o'clock in the afternoon. The funeral services will be held at noon today, and the burial will take place in Oakwood cemetery. Mrs. Chandler was prominent in many good works and will be greatly missed, especially among the young people of the Potter school house Sunday school of which she was superintendent, and her loss will be felt deeply by the whole community" (Grand Traverse Herald, 7 July 1898).
DeEtte was a housewife and occasionally was called to be a midwife. She lived in Fife Lake township, where she gave birth to two other children, Grace and Garfield. In 1872 she served on the Committee for Arrangements for the Paradise town 4th of July celebration. She helped organize a church benefit oyster supper in 1886.
DeEtte "died quite suddenly at her home of paralysis Tuesday afternoon, aged 46 years. Mrs. Chandler had not been in strong health for some time, but was as well as usual the day before her death, and was not taken seriously ill until after breakfast Tuesday, when a sudden stroke of paralysis prostrated her, and death came about two o'clock in the afternoon. The funeral services will be held at noon today, and the burial will take place in Oakwood cemetery. Mrs. Chandler was prominent in many good works and will be greatly missed, especially among the young people of the Potter school house Sunday school of which she was superintendent, and her loss will be felt deeply by the whole community" (Grand Traverse Herald, 7 July 1898).
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DE ETTE
WIFE OF
D. G. CHANDLER
DEC. 15, 1851
JULY 5, 1898
REST HER SOUL
IN PEACE
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