Alice Estelle (Hale) Lea
Marriages
Edward Everall "Ted" Lea - October 14, 1896
in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise - March 22, 1962
ALICE LEA BURIED IN GYPSUM MARCH 20.
Alice E. LEA, born Alice Estelle HALE to Solomon and Laura HALE at Bourbon, Ind., July 4, 1878, died in a Denver nursing home Mach 17, 1962 and was buried in the Gypsum cemetery in the family plot at the side of her husband Ted and two sons, Teddy and Lawrence; and her mother, Mrs. Al (Laura) FULFORD. Funeral services were conducted by Reverend H. C. MOORHEAD at the Eagle Methodist Church, with Miller Funeral Home in charge of burial.
In 1883, Alice came with her widowed mother to Colorado in a covered wagon. One of Mrs. Lea's most vivid memories of the trip, was the trip from Red Cliff over Battle Mountain, where the wagon had to be roped to tress above the road to keep it from sliding down into Eagle River Canon.
The family located at the mouth of Brush Creek and Alice attended the first school in this area, a cabin on what is now part of the Newcomer ranch on Brush Creek.
About two years after the family arrived here, they saw the railroad built and the towns of Eagle and Gypsum become established and grow.
In 1896 she was married to Edward Everett [sic] LEA in Glenwood Springs and they settled in the Gypsum area. To this union was born four children: Lawrence, Teddy, Emily and Dorothy. Lawrence died in infancy and Teddy died at the age of 17 years.
In 1920, the family moved to Eagle and have occupied the home since that time.
Mrs. LEA was active in civic affairs and was active in Red Cross work in Gypsum during the first World War. She was a member of the Neighbors of Woodcraft when there was a lodge in Eagle.
Mrs. LEA died in Samaritan Home in Denver, where she had been confined for several years, After a short illness of fours days, she died on St. Patrick's Day.
She is survived by a half-sister Mrs. Emily Hockett LOTT of Buffalo, Wyo.; two daughters, Mrs. Emily (Alvin) WEBB of Denver and Mrs. Dorothy (George) COLLETT of Range [sic], two granddaughters: Leota WEBB of Menlo Park, Calif. and Sonya BERTROCH of Bond. Two great-granddaughters, Melody and Valerie BERTROCH also survive.
