ELSIE FLORENCE CHAFFIN Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Elsie Florence Chaffin will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 20 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Fairview Cemetery. Elsie was born on Nov. 7, 1913 in Yellow Jacket the daughter of Charles and Nancy Ethel (Stevenson) Wilson. She passed away on Monday, May 17, 2004 at the Vista Grande Nursing home at the age of 90. On April 7, 1932 Elsie married Victor Chaffin. She enjoyed yard work and cooking, but her favorite activities included playing cards, fishing, camping and spending time outdoors. For 40 years, Elsie was a member of the Yellow Jacket Ladies Club. Surviving Elsie are her children, Dorothy Fowler and husband, Ted of British Columbia, Canada, Stanley Chaffin and wife, Lee of Phoenix, Ariz., Betty Sexton and husband, Earl of Nashville, Tenn., Marie Hess of Lancaster, Pa., Chan Chaffin and wife, Kathy, Gary Chaffin and wife, Kay, and Shirly Kvasnicka all of Cortez.; and her daughter-in-law, Melinda Chaffin. She leaves 24 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and nine great great-grandchildren. Her brothers and sisters Marjorie Crowley and husband, J.W., Arthur Wilson and wife, Esther of Yellow Jacket, Nancy Erwin of Lewis, Nellie Bradfield of Cahone, Faye Bertrand of Cortez, Larry Wilson and wife, Eloise of Los Angeles, Calif.; as well as her sister-in-law, Veda Wilson also survive Elsie. Preceding Elsie in death were her parents; her husband, Vic Chaffin; her sons, Danny and Doug Chaffin; her son-in-laws Bill Kvasnicka and Dave Hess; as well as her siblings, James Wilson, Paul Wilson, Glen Wilson and Dorothy Woods; and her brother-in-law, Adrian Bradfield. Memorial contributions can be made in Elsie's memory to the Lewis Arriola Fire Department, PO Box 10, Lewis, Colo. 81327 or to Hospice of Montezuma 1345 S. Broadway, Cortez, Colo. 81321
Thursday, May 20, 2004
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