Elia Lillian (Tourville) Pallister
Marriages
Thomas Pallister - July 10, 1899
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - September 11, 1936
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - September 11, 1936
DEATH OF MRS . TOM PALLISTER
Friends and neighbors of the Pallister family of West Lake creek were both surprised and shocked to learn of the death of Mrs . Tom PaUlster last Saturday evening . Mrs . Pallister was stricken suddenly and her husband and a neighbor . Bill DeGraw , had started to bring ber to a doctor In Eagle , when she died in Mr . Palister s arms before they had more than got started . The physicians pronounced the cause of her death to be heart trouble . Ella Lillian Tourvillc- was born on June 25 , 1882 , at Tennessee Pass , and died at her home on West Lake creek In Eagle county , Saturday evening , September 5 , 1936 , at the age of 84 years , 2 months and 19 days . She was married to Thos . Pallister July 10 , 3899 . To this union were bora thirteen children , of whom
ten are left to mourn her death , as follows : Mrs . Hannah Matney , Eagle , Colo . ; Rlchard Pallister , San Ana , Calif . ; Thomas Pallister , California ; Mrs . Nellie Day , Wolcott , Colo . ; William Pallister , Edwords , Colo . ; Mrs Margaret Schoenfield , Cripple Creek , Colo . ; Mrs . Ethel Robinson , Edwards , Cok > . ; Mtis Lola Pallister , Lucile Pallister , and Master Glen Pallister , of the home near Edwards , Colo . ; besides an aged mother , Mrs . Mary TotHrviue , of Glenwood SpringB , Colo . ; one brother , Wm , TcurvlUe , Salida , Cok * . ; a brother , John TourvUle , Glenwood Springs , and a sister , Mrs , Carrie Dorsey of Findly , Ohio . One brother , Henry Tourvilie , passed away In Oklahoma in 1811 . There are also five grandchildren , besides a host of nei ^ ifcora who mourn her pasains-.
The community was sadly stricken when Mrs . Pallister was taken from its midst . She was a kind , patient , iovteg wife and mother , never complabsjd with all the pains and aches which , we all seem to have . Funeral services attended by a large concourse of neighbors were held at the Edwards hall Wednesday afternoon , September 9 , Rev . Mr . McDivitt conducting the services , and the body was laid to rest in the Edwards cemetery .
