Raite, Agnes Purdie: Hanna Old Timer
Agnes Purdie Raite and her granddauvhter, Agnes Amoss (UPCCEM, April 1936)
Hanna Cemetery Record
Raite, Agnes Purdie
Monument: "Mar. 12, 1861 - Mar. 4, 1936"
Plot: 244
Age: 75
Note: The community of Hanna was saddened by the passing of one of its pioneer residents when Mrs. Archie Raite died on Wednesday, March 4, after a short illness. Mrs. Raite was born at Wishaw, Scotland, on March 12, 1861. She became the bride of Archie Raite on March 18, 1879, and came with him to this country in 1881, settling at What Cheer, Iowa. In 1891 the family moved to
Hanna, remaining there until 1893, when they moved to Kansas and remained there till Mr. Raite’s death in 1900. Mrs. Raite then returned to Hanna with her six children where she raised and educated them. One daughter, Mrs. Austin O’Malley, passed away in Hanna in 1918. Mrs. Raite leaves to mourn her passing five children: Mrs. Frank Amoss, Mrs. David Milne, Mrs. W.K. Burford, Mrs. Henry Jones and William Raite, all of Hanna; a brother, John Purdie, and a sister, Mrs. James Barr of Scotland; and ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren, besides a host of friends.
Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church on Saturday, March 7, with Rev. W.P. Wood officiating, and interment was made in the Hanna cemetery. (UPCCEM, April 1936)
Monument: "Mar. 12, 1861 - Mar. 4, 1936"
Plot: 244
Age: 75
Note: The community of Hanna was saddened by the passing of one of its pioneer residents when Mrs. Archie Raite died on Wednesday, March 4, after a short illness. Mrs. Raite was born at Wishaw, Scotland, on March 12, 1861. She became the bride of Archie Raite on March 18, 1879, and came with him to this country in 1881, settling at What Cheer, Iowa. In 1891 the family moved to
Hanna, remaining there until 1893, when they moved to Kansas and remained there till Mr. Raite’s death in 1900. Mrs. Raite then returned to Hanna with her six children where she raised and educated them. One daughter, Mrs. Austin O’Malley, passed away in Hanna in 1918. Mrs. Raite leaves to mourn her passing five children: Mrs. Frank Amoss, Mrs. David Milne, Mrs. W.K. Burford, Mrs. Henry Jones and William Raite, all of Hanna; a brother, John Purdie, and a sister, Mrs. James Barr of Scotland; and ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren, besides a host of friends.
Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church on Saturday, March 7, with Rev. W.P. Wood officiating, and interment was made in the Hanna cemetery. (UPCCEM, April 1936)