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Re: Mildred (Milla) C Seffens WI>NE>MI>NV

Michael Haase (View posts)
Posted: 25 Nov 2006 10:18PM GMT
Classification: Query
Mildred Seffens is my great-great aunt. Sorry this is taking so long. Here is her obit.

She was born: 24 OCT 1860 in Columbus, Columbia Cty, WI
she died: 2 JAN 1962, Elko, Elko Cty, NV

Mildred is where my Seffens research all started from. She wrote at length about her family history and assisted with articles written in the Columbus, WI newspaper about her life. She lived to be 101 years of age. I (Mike Haase) began my research with 3 pieces of paper from her outline, as best she could, the names and dates of birth of her siblings. She turned out to be fairly accurate and a God sent to getting the job done.

From the Elko Daily Free Press, Wednesday, January 3, 1962 "Mrs. Mildred Secor Taken By Death At Age Of 101" "Mrs. Mildred Secor, 101, died at the Elko General Hospital at 10:30 last night. she was hospitalized last thursday and slipt away. She was fondly known to her many friends in Elko county and Nevada as "Mother Secor." She had lived in Tuscarora and Elko for a half century, coming here in 1912. Mrs. Secor was born in Columbus, Wis. Oct 24, 1860. Her father was Hiram Seffens, who was born in Yorkshire, England, Dec. 10, 1822, and her mother Margaret Watkins, who was born in Hamilton, Ohio, March 20, 1830. Her maiden name was Mildred Champness Seffens. She finished high school in columbus in 1878 and married James H. Secor, a telegraph operator, in June of 1879. They lived in Jonesville, Mich. for a number of years where the late Dr. C. E. Secor was born. Her husband died in 1887. He was their only child. Doctor Secor died in 1958. When Mrs. Secor came to Tuscarora in 1912 she lived with her son and daughter-in-law Clara Secor, coming with them later to Elko and living with her daughter-in-law until the time of her death. She spent her first night in Elko at the Commercial hotel and the next day she traveled to Tuscarora on a stage drawn by four horses. She liked to relate how she had watched Elko grow through the years from a small town to a city. Her memory was excellent until recent years and her interest in (continued on Page 6) community affairs never waivered. On her hundredth birthday whe wrote a short history of her life, which is easily read. At one point she said she remembered when her father enlisted in the Civil War. She told of the trials they encountered and of their joy when he returned to the family. "I have had a very active and busy life," she wrote. "It has been well spent and I have few regrets. Could one ask more of life?" She recalled her interest in local affairs and said she would vote a straight Republican ticket "as always." She cast an absent voter's ballot in the 1960 election. On her hundredth birthday, she was presented with a loving cup by the Elko Chamber of commerce. the inscription said, "Presented to Mildred Secor on her 100th birthday, Oct. 24, 1960, for her civic support. Elko Chamber of Commerce." She displayed it proudly on the wall of the living room at the Secor home. Mrs. Secor was past matron and 50-year member of the Order of Eastern Star of Augusta, Wis. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Rebekah lodge of Elko and the American Legion Auxilliary. She worked with American Red Cross on the local level during the first World War. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Burns chapel, with the Rev. Harold Van Zee of the Presbyterian church oficiating. Her daughter-in-law Mrs. Clara Secor is her only relative in Elko. She is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews."
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LadyKK 16 Apr 2005 5:39AM GMT 
Michael Haase 26 Nov 2006 5:18AM GMT 
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