Mrs. I. J. Creighton
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Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - July 20, 1928
Mrs. I.J. Creighton, for years one of the leading business women of Eagle county, died last Friday night July 13 of a stroke of paralysis in a hospital in Glenwood Springs where she had been taken for medical care a few days before. Mrs. Creighton was one of the early pioneers of Leadville to which place she moved from her home in the state of Maine when yet a very young woman. later she moved to Red Cliff where she conducted the Eagle hotel until the building was destroyed by fire about 12 years ago. since then she had been in the mercantile business conducting general stores in Red Cliff and Gilman. Mrs. Creighton was a keen and successful business woman, a most devoted mother, and was a leader in all social and business affairs of her home community. She leaves to mourn her death, two children, Mrs. Charles Mayer of Eagle and Bert Hall of Red Cliff, besides many devoted friends. Funeral services were held at Red Cliff Monday afternoon attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends.
