Edna May York
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Photos When She Was Edna Gateley |
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[PCRFF = Park County Republican and Fairplay Flume]
1939 June 6 (PCRFF): "Madge Gately, , Grace Wells, Edna Gately, motored to Manitou, Colo., last Saturday morning. They were guests of the Buxton (Ruxton?) Chapter of the Eastern Star "
1939 June 30 (PCRFF): "Edna Gately of Colorado Springs was in Alma Saturday and Sunday."
1939 August 24 (PCRFF): "Mrs. Grace Wells, accompanied by Mrs. York, Billy Gately, Mrs. Etta Gately, Frank Lindell and Chas. Brandon motored to Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs Sunday." (It is quite possible that Charlie Brandon was living at the Mt. Bross Cottage Camp which Grace had assumed charge of in April, 1939. This would account for his acquaintance with Edna.)
1939 September 7 (PCRFF): "Mrs. Grace Wells, accompanied by Mrs. Etta Gateley and Mrs. Brandon motored to Colo. Springs Tuesday to get Mrs. Sid Gately." (Was this really Mrs. Brandon or was it Charlie?)
1939 November 30 (PCRFF): Edna was present at a bridge luncheon hosted by Madge Gately in Alma.
1939 December 14 (PCRFF): "Mr. Charles Brandon and Mr. Frank Harvey of Yampa were in Alma visiting friends Sunday. They were dinner guests at the Glen Miller home Sunday evening.
c1940: She was divorced from Sydney.
1943 Jan 28: She died at Lawrence, Douglas Co., KS, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, CO, under the name of Edna M. Brandon.
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Colo. Springs Gazette Telegraph: January 30, 1943 (Saturday) |
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SERVICES TODAY FOR MRS. EDNA BRANDON |
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Funeral services for Mrs. Edna May Brandon, former resident of Colorado Springs and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry York, 1810 Willow Circle, will be held at the Law mortuary at 2 p.m. today with Rev. W. C. Schaefer, pastor of the First United Brethren church, officiating. Mrs. Brandon was a resident of Lawrence, Kan., where she died Thursday. Centennial chapter No. 58, Order of Eastern Star, will have charge of the service. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. A son, Wilson York Gately, Lawrence, also survives in addition to Mrs. Brandon's parents. Mrs. Brandon was a member of the United Brethren church and the Eastern Star. |
Her Wedding in Breckenridge - 1919
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Summit Co. Journal: April 17, 1919 |
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Linen Shower for Miss Edna York |
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The girls of class five of the Methodist Sunday school are giving a linen shower this afternoon at the home of Elizabeth Engle in honor of Miss Edna York, whose marriage to Sidney Gatley will be one of the social events of the near future. More particulars will be disclosed later. |
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Summit Co. Journal: August 25, 1919 |
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Presentation |
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By REV. JNO. R. WOOD |
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Because of her sweet disposition, fine character and lifelong helpfulness in Sunday school and church, the members and choir friends of the Methodist Episcopal church presented Miss Edna York, Friday night, with a beautiful and up-to-date electric chafing dish and a large plate glass lined silver sandwich tray. The donors, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hopkins, Dr. and Mrs. E. V. Graham, Master Vance Graham, Miss Lizzie Tubbs, Mrs. and Miss Milne, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wade, Mrs. Carl Fulton, Mrs. S. E. Elmwood, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schatz, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Galloway, Mr. and Mrs. Ruby Ohler, Mr. and Mrs. George Engle and Miss Elizabeth Engle, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Briggle, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Torkington, Mr. Joyce Wood, Mr. Charles Burnheimer, and Jno. R. Wood, as far as possible were present. The evening was spent in music, games and a delectable lunch, of the usual superfine cake and coffee, supplied by the ladies. A few words of presentation were made by the pastor, and responded to in a heart-felt manner by Miss York. After more music the party broke up, with many feelings of sorrow at the prospect of losing Miss York from our midst and church work, but congratulating the lucky fellow who has persuaded her to go with him. |
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Mock Wedding at Engle Home |
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The Engle home on Ridge street was the scene last Saturday of the most perfectly arranged affairs of the season when sixteen young ladies entertained in honor of Miss Edna York who will be an Easter bride. One of the main features of the afternoon was the elaborately arranged mock-wedding in which the bride-to-be was the bride and Miss Elizabeth Engle was the groom while the others were attendants. At 5 o'clock they were invited to partake of a most appetizing lunch consisting of chicken salad, sandwiches, olives and pickles, lemonade, ice cream and cake. The place cards were little Holland boys on heart-shaped cards, and the favors were spring flowers. Rev. Jno. R. Wood, who took lunch with this bevy of young ladies, presented Miss York with a beautiful hemstitched table cloth in behalf of all those present. One of the cakes, which was cut on the table, contained a ring, and as Miss Elizabeth Engle received the ring, it is supposed that Cupid will next point his bow and arrow at her. Those present besides the guest of honor and Rev. Wood were: Elizabeth Engle, Zelpha Maon, Geneva Myers, Leta White, Ninah Collins, Margaret Snider, Ada Smith, Gladys Milne, Agnes Bradley, Grace Waters, Florence and Dorothy Davis, Myrtle Tubbs, Mesdames T. H. Ohler, Glen Thompson, Melane. |
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Summit Co. Journal: April 26, 1919 |
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York-Gately Wedding |
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BY REV. JNO. R. WOOD |
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The Easter sunshine beamed brightly upon the happy wedding of Miss Edna York and Sidney J. Gately which occurred last Sunday. The old-time knickerbockers of New York were wont to say, in their love and admiration for their gently women, "The name of a woman should only be used when she is born, when she is married, and when she dies." However we may agree or disagree with this position, we are at liberty under its terms to mention the name and admire the beautiful, gentle, cultured bride of Easter day. The ceremony took place in the home where the bride was born and brought up. The beautiful words of the marriage rites of the Methodist Episcopal church were read by the family pastor, Rev. Jno. R. Wood, in the presence of the bride's father, mother and grandmother, Mr. and Mrs. Harry York and Mrs. Peabody. The invited guests were Mr. and Mrs. George Engle, Miss Elizabeth Engle, C. W. Burnheimer, and Miss Ada Sperry of Dillon, all of them lifelong friends. The groom, Sidney J. Gateley, attired in the khaki of his country, presented the presence of a full soldier and man. After an hour's lingering at the bridal luncheon, where with a firm hand the bride's cake was carved by Mrs. Gately, the company were taken in the automobile of Mr. Burnheimer to the railroad station where numerous friends had gathered to bid them adieu, incidentally sprinkling them over with the traditional shower of rice and expressions of good will. The happy couple have gone to visit Mr. Gateley's people living in Rifle, Colo., and will return to Breckenridge shortly. Beautiful flowers, roses, carnations, sweet peas and other hot house beauties attempted to vie in their fragrance and beauty with the bride, but to no avail. Christian character, poise and smiles mirrored in human form and face are the crowning beauties that shed their fragrance without a peer. |
Some comments by her son, Wilson
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Letter from Edna Gateley to Victor Copeland [Victor Copeland was a member of the party when her daughter, Mary Elizabeth was killed.] |
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Colorado Springs, January 27, 1939 Dear Victor: I am mailing a small rock collection to you today and hope that it will be of some value to you in your work. I'm sure you will enjoy geology if you are half as much of a rock-hound as we all are. The free gold specimen is from the London mine at Alma, the barite from the Barcoe mine at Alma, the sylvanite ore from Cripple Creek, the copper-vanadium from Nevada, the lead and iron cubes from Breckenridge, Colo., and the vermiculite from Salida. It is a rather recent discovery - being a form of mica, used for insulation purposes due to its qualities of expansion. You can put a little piece of the rock on a tin on the stove and watch it puff up. It expands from seven to twenty-one times its size. The forest rock came from Atlantic City, Wyoming, where we found it this summer and the fossil is from the hill back of the house. Dave was supposed to mail the rocks two weeks ago, but he hasn't been down, so I'll mail them myself. I guess he is too busy skating and skiing. He brought your letters down and I surely enjoyed them both. Hope you'll write another one real soon. You really are growing up, but I don't think you are one bit too tall. I hope Billy gets that tall too. I have such a weakness for tall men. Suppose you are deep in semester exams, which aren't exactly the pleasantest things in the world. Bill finished his yesterday and its quite a relief. He has had good grades so far this year, so I'm not much worried as to the outcome of the tests. Its been awfully hard for Dorothy, the girl who came to live with us last fall - she doesn't seem to get ahead very fast. I don't think she applies herself too much. But she's awfully sweet and I enjoy having her so much, so if she'll just get by I won't say a word. Sheppy is just fine - as spoiled as ever. We sure have made a baby of him, and he is well aware of the fact that he can get his own way if he makes fuss enough. Bill has been on an all-day hike and is painfully getting ready for a school party this evening. He would much rather be going to Scout meeting, but I insisted on the Party. He is so very interested in Scouts and has done such good work this winter that I think he is to be one of the City Officials for one day in February. Well, its dinner time so I must hurry on. Hope you are all well and happy. Tell Frances that this letter is for her too - all but the rocky part. We sure are looking forward to seeing you this summer. Hope you can be here for a nice long stay. Sincerely, Mrs. Gateley |