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Obituary- Hamilton, Jessie 2

Hamilton
Jessie Sallee Hamilton, 101, died at the Regency Health Care Facility, Halstead, on Sunday, Dec. 28, 1986. Jessie May Sallee was born to Andrew and Elinor Sallee on May 9, 1885, at Marble Rock, Iowa. She graduated from Nora Springs, Iowa High School with honors and spent four years teaching in elementary schools in Nebraska. On March 17, 1909 she was united in marriage to Edgar M. Hamilton, a farmer residing at Minden, Neb. They lived on a farm near Minden until 1939, when they retired and moved to Fresno, Calif.

To this union were born six children. Mr. Hamilton and three of the children preceded her in death.

Mrs. Hamilton was a member of the Kingsdown, Kan., Presbyterian Church. She was a student of the Bible and at one time a writer of short stories. She was never able to attend college long enough to receive a degree, but she was an admirer and promoter of education. She was interested in geneology and studying the stars.

Surviving Mrs. Hamilton are: two sons, Dr. Ralph S. Hamilton, White Bear Lake, Minn., and Marion E. Hamilton, Syracuse, Kan.; a daughter, Martha C. Adair, Halstead; 13 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren.
Cremation has taken place in Wichita. The inurnment and memorial service will be at Minden, Neb., at a later date.

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