Morse, Gladys Estella

Birth Name Morse, Gladys Estella
Gender female
Age at Death 72 years, 6 months, 7 days

Narrative

Newspaper clipping obitiuary - Gladys (Morse) Kohler Chatfield
Gladys Morse, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Morse, was born in Iowa on Feb 24, 1906.
The family moved to the Wagner area when she was a tiny baby. She attended the Wagner High School and became a telephone operator for Dakota Central Telephone Company, where she worked for about ten years, later transferring to Lake Andes and Shelby.
She married Silas Chatfield on June 4, 1928. In 1942 they moved to Seattle, Washington where both of them worked in the shipyards until the end of the war. After the war she worked as a supervisor with Pacific Northwest Bell until her retirement in 1965.
Her husband passed away in 1955 and in 1965 she married Edward Kohler, who died suddenly in 1966.
Gladys then moved to Walnut Creek, California. She spent three years in a convalescent hospital, where she passed away August 31.
She was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.
She leaves her sister Mrs Oscar Overgaard (Mae) of Oakland, Calif; a sister-in-law Mrs Minnie Morse of Wagner; several nieces and nephews and many old friends in the Wagner area.
She was proceeded in death by her parents, three brothers and 1 sister. The Wagner Post Thursday Sept 21, 1978.
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Burial Plot: Outside Garden Mausoleum II, Wall #300 #5.
Find A Grave Memorial# 136866753
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Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Morse, Frank Judson20 March 186721 April 1938
Mother Parrish, Martha Maria2 June 187125 February 1954
         Morse, Gladys Estella 24 February 1906 31 August 1978
    Sibling     Morse, Issue 4

Families

Family of Chatfield, Silas Albert and Morse, Gladys Estella

Married Husband Chatfield, Silas Albert ( * 15 November 1890 + 1 April 1955 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 4 June 1928 USA    
  Narrative

Married: 4 JUN 1928 in In family bible recorded by mother.

  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
_UID 4FCC917434DFD511B337709A55C1000023F8
 

Family of Kohler, Edward John and Morse, Gladys Estella

Married Husband Kohler, Edward John ( * 15 September 1912 + 28 May 1966 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1965      
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
_UID 9A9353DDE7672E41992B8C5723CF78184347
 

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
_UID BDCC917434DFD511B337709A55C1000091D8