Belle (Martin) Stewart
Marriages
Jack Stewart - 1879
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - January 24, 1947
PIONEER WOMAN DIES AT GYPSUM. Belle Stewart One of the Real Old-Timers of Eagle Valley Died Jan. 17, 1947.
(by Adrian REYNOLDS, jr.) One of the few really pioneer women left in the county has passed away, with the death of Belle STEWART, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sam LEMON, on Jan. 17, 1947.
Belle MARTIN was born in Bent county, Missouri, on April 2, 1859. In 1879 she was married to Jack STEWART, and they moved to Leadville. In 1882, they moved to Dotsero and took up a homestead, the ranch which lies across the Colorado river from the railroad station.
Here the young married couple lived until after his death some years ago, and raised their family. There were five children, Audra, Claude, Edna, Maude, and Carl, all of whom are living and in Eagle county, except Maude, who has made her home in California for a number of years.
Belle STEWART was a fine woman. She was a particular friend of the writer, and we have visited and talked with her by the hour of her early days in Dotsero. She had a keen memory, and as Dotsero and that part of the county was pretty wild in those days, she had many a true story to tell us, that would not sound so good to some still living. Our visits with her were a delight. She kept a clear mind and memory almost to the last. For 6 or 7 years she had been bedfast, from a broken hip sustained in a fall. But even through this affliction she was always cheerful.
The body was laid to rest in the cemetery at Gypsum Monday, funeral services being held from the Lutheran church, with Rev. Paul A. SHIELDS officiating, and the Andre Funeral Home having charge of the burial services.
