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Alta Elvira Reavis Hansen

19 Dec 1885 – 20 Oct 1928

Birth	19 Dec 1885
Death	20 Oct 1928
Cemetery	Saint Helena Cemetery Saint Helena , Napa County , California , USA
Added by	Anne Shurtleff Stevens on 17 Dec 2017
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48129115

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Alta was buried with her daughter, Winifred, who died three days after, both of pneumonia, as the family could not afford two caskets. From the Pacific Union Recorder: HANSEN - Alta E. Reavis was born in Battle Creek, Mich., Dec 19, 1885. She taught church school in Wisconsin and North Carolina. In 1911 she married Joseph E. Hansen, and together they worked in the North Carolina Conference, then entered the self -supporting school work in Georgia. Two years ago they came to California because of poor health. Mrs. Hansen died at Saint Helena after a short illness and, with her nine year old daughter, who died three days later, was laid away to await the Life-give's call. The devoted husband and four children are left to mourn. ----- Alta is survived by her husband, Joseph; their five children: Doris, Thelma, Elton, Winifred and Ruth; and the following siblings: Miss Mabel Reavis, Sanitarium, James D. Reavis, Kentucky; F.G. Reavis, Williamson, Mich; Mrs. Roy Dumbauld, Elgin, IL, Mrs. Mary Reavis, Snynder San Francisco; and D.O. Reavis, near St. Helena Sanitarium. -----

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Family

Parents

• James Anderson Reavis 1850–1920
• Lillian Addasetta Sevy Reavis 1859–1948

Spouse

• Joseph Edgar Hansen 1885–1961

Siblings

• Thomas S Reavis 1871–1932
• Mabel Lillian Reavis 1882–1968
• Elder James Drury Reavis 1883–1967
• Florus Gaylord Reavis 1884–1966

Children

• Thelma Grace Hansen Reed 1914–2005
• Winnifred Hannah Hansen 1919–1928
• Ruth Marion Hansen McCoy 1922–2014

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