Contra Costa County CA Archives Obituaries.....Harlan, Martha (Wight) January 20, 1943
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Contra Costa Gazette, January 21, 1943
"DEATH ENDS CAREER OF MRS. HARLAN.  Mrs. Martha Louise Harlan, sister of City
Attorney Ralph H. Wight of Martinez, died last night in Community Hospital of
heart disease.  She was 69.

Her death closed a colorful chapter in the history of one of Contra Costa's most
distinguished families.  Mrs. Harlan was the daughter of the late Charles Nathan
and Sarah Huntington Wight who came to Contra Costa in 1853 and settled in New
York Valley, present site of the Shell Chemical plant at Black Diamond.

Her father was a native of New York, while her mother was born in Maine.

Mrs. Harlan's husband, Frederick Fowler Harlan, died October 22 at the age of
76.  They had been married 22 years.  Until she was sticken recently, Mrs.
Harlan made her home in Danville.

Mrs. Harlan was graduated from San Jose Normal School in 1892  Her teaching
career extended over a 35-year period.  Her last post was at Ambrose, the old
Bay Point school, where she was principal before her retirement.  Mrs. Harlan
had taght at San Ramon and Pleasant Hill in Contra Costa and at Goodyear's Bar
in Sierra County.

Survivors besides her brother here are two other brothers, Charles H. Wight of
Antioch and A.R. Wight of Santa Rosa, and a sister, Mrs. Helen C. Turner of
Downieville; two nieces, Mrs. George Crispin of Martinez and Mrs. Frank Vargo of
Antioch, seven other nieces and nephews and seven grand nieces and grand nephews.

Martinez City Council last night adjourned out of respect to the memory of Mrs.
Harlan.

Mrs. Harlan's body is at the Scott & Greene Chapel.  The funeral cortege will
leave the local chapel at noon Saturday and cremation will follow at 2 p.m. in
Oakland Crematory at Howe and Mather streets." [Previous obituary was on front
page.  Following death notice was on another page in the same issue.] 

"VITAL STATISTICS.  DIED.  HARLAN - In Martinez, January 20, 1943, Martha Louise
Harlan, aged 69 years.  Beloved sister of Ralph H. Wight of Martinez, Charles H.
Wight of Antioch, A.R. Wight of Santa Rosa, Mrs. Helen C. Turner of Downieville,
California.  Funeral services will be held at the Oakland Crematory, Howe and
Mather Streets, Oakland, on Saturday, January 23, 1943 at the [sic] 2 p.m.  The
body will be at the Scott and Greene chapel until noon Saturday." END


Additional Comments:
"Contra Costa Gazette" published at Martinez, California.  Martha "Mattie"
(Wight) Harlan was the wife of Frederick Fowler Harlan.

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