Hattie Frakes
Payette Enterprise
Thursday, January 02, 1930
PIONEER LAID TO REST
Mrs. Hattie Frakes, one of the few remaining pioneers of Payette, passed away Sunday night after a short illness. All the members of her family with the exception of one daughter who was unable to come were with her through her illness.
A beautiful quiet service was held at the Methodist church at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, December 31. Rev. Parrett officiating. Interment was made in Riverside cemetery. The obituary will appear later.
CARDS OF THANKS
We wish to thank all the neighbors and friends who were so kind and helpful to us during the illness and death of our beloved mother. To thank Mr. and Mrs. Landon and all who helped with the beautiful funeral service and the lovely floral offerings with their messages of love and sympathy.
MR. and MRS. CLARENCE FRITCHMAN
MR. and MRS. WYLIE FRAKES
MR. and MRS. LORAL MILLER
Payette Enterprise (Thursday, January 09, 1930)
OBITUARY
Hattie C. Butler, daughter of George and Diana Butler, was born in Wisconsin, April 7, 1856. When a young girl she moved to Kansas with her parents and later to Iowa, where she was united in marriage December 3, 1874 to Thomas B. Frakes. To this union five children were born, two having died in infancy. The living children who survive her are Mrs. Estelle Fritchman, Naches, Wash.; Mrs. Mary F. Tharp of this city and Wylie Frakes of Ontario, Ore. She also leaves a niece, Mrs. Margaret Miller, whom she raised from infancy and with who she made her home at the time of her death.
Mrs. Hattie Frakes was a true pioneer, having crossed the plains overland, with her, husband and little family, locating in Payette in 1882. Her husband preceding her in death by twenty-five years, having died December 26, 1904 at Ontario, Ore.
Of a retiring, home loving nature, only a few, besides her family were privileged to know the depth and beauty of her charater. She united with the Methodist church when a young woman and her life was filled with beautiful sacrifices for those she loved. Besides those mentioned above there are ten grandchildren who mourn her demise, one great grandchild and one sister, Mrs. C. D. Roe of Oakland, Calif., besides a number of nieces and nephews.
"The soft memory of her virtues,
Huger like twilight hues, when
the set is set -
Then weep not, that her toils are over,
Weep not, that her race is run,
God grant that we may rest as calmly -
When our work, like hers, is done."
The Payette Independent (Thursday, January 02, 1930)
ANOTHER PIONEER LAID TO REST
Mrs. Hattie Frakes, one of the few remaining pioneers of Payette, passed away Sunday night after a short illness. All the members of her family with the exception of one daughter who was unable to come were with her through her illness. A beautiful impressive, quiet service was held at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon, December 31. Rev. Parrett officiating. Interment was made in Riverside cemetery.
The obituary will appear later.
Note: According to the Idaho Death Index, Hattie C. Frakes was born 4-7-1856 and died 12-29-1929, Payette. ch