Mabel Beryl Bishop Purvis

BIRTH

8 Jun 1878

Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA

DEATH

4 Oct 1934 (aged 56)

Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA

BURIAL

Fairmount Cemetery

Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado

The Yuma Pioneer, 11 Oct 1934

WIFE OF LOCAL RAILROAD AGENT DIES IN DENVER

Mrs. F. Purvis Passed Away Last Thursday Following Long Illness.

Mrs. Frank Purvis of this city died in a Denver hospital last Thursday at the age of 56 years, 4 months and 3 days. Mrs. Purvis had been an invalid for a number of years, but was able to be up and around most of the time until [illegible] a week before her death. After [illegible] she was semi-conscious most of the time. The trouble was aggravated by uncontrollable movements of the muscles of the body, Mrs. A. W. Ewy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Purvis, came down from Denver soon after the attack to assist in the care of her mother. Her husband and daughter took the invalid to the Denver hospital to be under the care of a specialist. But the [illegible] was past help and soon succumbed. The funeral services were conducted in Denver Saturday and interment was at Fairmount cemetery in the capitol city of the state.

Mabel Beryl Bishop was born June [illegible], 1878, at Waterloo, Iowa. A year of so later her parents located at Indianola, Nebraska, where her father, George Bishop, started the first newspaper in that city, The Indianola Recorder, which he published successfully for a number of years. About 1894 the family moved to McCook, Nebraska, where he again engaged in the newspaper business and later was elected to the office of county judge, which office he held until his sudden death in [illegible]. A year later her mother also passed on, and the same year, 1903, she was united in marriage to F. Purvis who was a classmate of hers in the graduating class of the McCook high school in 1898. Four children were born to this union, three of whom died in infancy. The one remaining, Mrs. A. W. Ewy, is a citizen of Denver. The family came to Yuma several years back when Mr. Purvis was appointed agent of the Burlington at this point.

In her early life Mrs. Purvis united [illegible] the Methodist church, and altho health kept her from being an active member, she remained a devout Christian to the time of her death. At one point before her health failed her she was an active worker in the Order of the Eastern Star, being elected worthy [illegible] of the lodge at Holbrook, Nebraska. She enjoyed her home and [illegible] to have her grandchildren with [illegible] altho she was physically unable to do much for them personally. She leaves to mourn her death besides the husband and daughter, one brother, Marion W. Bishop, of San Pedro, Calif.