Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Reavis, Robert Stewart 1930 ************************************************ 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: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com April 4, 2006, 10:10 pm Payette Enterprise 10-9-1930 Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, October 9, 1930 ANOTHER PIONEER LAID TO REST Robert Stewart Reavis was born March 14, 1856, at Elems Sprinks, Ark., and lived there until April 1, 1878, when the family moved to Idaho, where they have since resided. He departed this life at his home in Payette on First Avenue South, Monday, October 6, 1930, after having been failing in health for over a year. He was married to Mary Ellen Pearce on September 22, 1876, to which union six children were born, all of whom are living. Daisy I. Jewell of Payette; Emma Cool and Jessie Day of Portland, Ore.; Maud Cartwright of Payette; Anna Caldwell of Yakima, Wash.; and William Reavis of New Meadows, Idaho. He also leaves to mourn his loss his devoted wife, Mary Reavis, and two sisters, Anna Applegate of Payette and Mrs. C. Ben Ross of Pocatello, Idaho, and a brother John J. Reavis of Portland, Ore. and twenty grandchildren and two great grandchildren and a host of friends. He was one of Idaho's sturdy pioneers helping to develop the state and numerous people have been made happier by his generous and genial disposition and we softly say "rest old pioneer." Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:00 p. m., at the Baptist church in Midvale, Idaho and services were conducted by the Odd Fellows Lodge at the Midvale cemetery, he being a member of Ross Lodge No. 96, I. O. O. F. All the children were present for the funeral including other relatives, pioneers and sorrowing friends. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/r/reavis1738gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb