Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Hurd, Permelia March 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patty Theurer seymour784@yahoo.com August 12, 2005, 12:15 am Payette Independent, Payette, Idaho, March 12, 1925 Payette Independent Payette, Idaho March 12, 1925 Permelia Walters Hurd Permelia Walters, eldest daughter of Melcher and Sarah Walters, was born in Stuben county, New York, on March 5th, 1837. At Rochelle, Illinois, in 1859, she was united in marriage to Francis Hurd. To this union were born four sons and four daughters, one of the latter dying in infancy. Those who survive their mother are: Frank E. Hurd, of Payette; Mrs. Mary Turner, of Ontario; Mrs. Charles Duell of Fruitland; Mrs. S. Hurd, of Payette, Mrs. Sina Ramey, of Fruitland; Wilbur E. Hurd of Cascade; and Ray B. Hurd of Payette. The Hurd family moved to Firth, Nebraska in 1880, coming to Payette Valley in 1884, in what was known as a ‘mixed train’ from Omaha, and arriving in Payette before the depot was built and when trains deposited their passengers on the south side of the river. Mr. and Mrs. Hurd settled on a homestead up the river, where they lived until the time of Mr. Hurd’s death, in 1913, since which time Mrs. Hurd has made her home with he son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hurd. Her death, which was caused by a gradual decline due to her great age, occurred while she was with her daughter, Mrs. Ramey. Besides her sons and daughters, ‘Grandma Hurd’ is survived by twenty-seven grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. Mrs. Hurd was 88 years and 3 days old at the time of her death. She and her husband possessed the true pioneer spirit, having by sheer hard work and courage made for their children a home in the wilderness. Part of the old homestead is now known as the Fred Hurd place, and is occupied by the owner. Mrs. Hurd could tell many tales of absorbing interest relating to those early days and the hardships and privations endured by the sturdy pioneers of Payette Valley. Mrs. Hurd was interred in Riverside Cemetery, by the side of her husband. Funeral services were conducted from the Baptist Church at one-thirty, Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Forest Dean officiating. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/h/hurd200gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb