Jessie May Sallee Hamilton

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Obituary- Hamilton, Jessie 1

Mrs. Jessie Sallee Hamilton
HALSTEAD — Memorial services are pending at Minden, Neb., for Mrs. Jessie Sallee Hamilton, 101, Halstead, formerly of Rossville. She died Sunday, Dec. 28, at a Halstead nursing home.

Mrs. Hamilton spent four years teaching in Nebraska elementary schools.

She was born May 9, 1885, at Marble Rock, Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Elinor Sallee. She was graduated from Nora Springs, Iowa, High School with honors and attended Kearney State College at Kearney, Neb.

Mrs. Hamilton was a member of Kingsdown Presbyterian Church. She was a student of the Bible and a former short story writer.

She was married to Edgar M. Hamilton March 17, 1909, at Minden, Neb. They farmed near Minden until 1939 when they retired and moved to Fresno, Calif. He died Nov. 4, 1951. Three children also preceded her in death, John Hamilton and Janet Hamilton in infancy and Earl Hamilton in 1971.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Martha C. Adair, Halstead; two sons, Dr. Ralph S. Hamilton, White Bear Lake, Minn., and Marion E. Hamilton, Syracuse; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Hamilton was cremated, and inurnment will be later in a Minden, Neb., cemetery. Kaufman Mortuary of Halstead was in charge of arrangements.

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