OBITUARY: Emma Amelia Chapman, Beagle, Jackson County, Oregon ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 11 Dec 2002 ********************************************************************************* CHAPMAN, Emma Amelia, Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Friday, 22 May 1925: Emma Amelia Chapman died at her home one mile north of Beagle, Ore., May 22, from pneumonia, aged 61 years 5 months 27 days. Mrs. Chapman was born in London, England, November 25, 1953, and was married to Walter C. Chapman in London, October 11, 1885, and 11 days after landed in New York, going from there to Texas, residing there nine years. To this union there were born nine children, five sons and four daughters, one son passing away in infancy and one son, Percy, died Medford, aged 31 years. Deceased is survived by her husband, Walter C., and seven children, Bertrand, Claud C. and Victor L., all of Medford; four daughters, Mrs. Lillian Moore, Fort Klamath, Ore.; Mrs. Viola Conley, Medford; Mrs. Myrtle Gentry, Yakima, Wash., and Miss Ella Chapman of Beagle, Ore. The family lived in eastern Oregon two years and for the past 32 years have lived in Jackson county, Oregon. Mrs. Chapman was a member of the Episcopal church. She was a woman of sterling qualities and was highly respected by all who knew her and her family. One son, Bertrand, is seriously ill at the present time with pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at the Perl Funeral Home, Monday morning at 10:30, Rev. Hamilton officiating. Interment in Medford cemetery.