Nettie E. (Brun) Champie |
| Posted 2008-07-04 by Sharon |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ June 16, 1961 Friday Rites For Mrs. A. F. Champie Mrs. A. F. Champie, a resident of Wickenburg since 1919 died Tuesday afternoon in the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Roeser, in Phoenix after a short illness. She was 93 years old. Funeral service will be at 10 o'clock this morning (Friday) in the Wickenburg Chapel with the Rev. James Wilson, Presbyterian minister, officiating. Burial will be in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mrs. Champie came to Arizona in 1888 from Texas with her husband who died here in 1945. She was born in Comfort, Texas, May 12, 1868. Mrs. Champie's grandfather was a famous Indian fighter and rancher in Texas and her family has a long record of service to their communities. Migrating to the Arizona Territory when still a young wife, Mrs. Champie lived for many years in mining towns in Yavapai County. In those early days she once shot a mountain lion out of a tree while her small children clustered around her, and on several occasions she had to cope with marauding Indians. During World War I Mrs. Champie knitted socks, sweaters and worked in other ways for her country while raising 10 children. During World War II, although in her seventies and nearly blind, she put in many hours stitching up hospital gowns and making surgical dressings. She once served on the Wickenburg School Board, helped raise funds for the building of the town's first community church, and helped establish the Ladies Aid in what is now the Presbyterian Church. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs.C. H. Roeser and Mrs. R. F. Schaefer of Phoenix; Mrs I James Walker of South Pasadena, Calif.; Mrs. C. J. Mohme of Palm Springs, Calif.; Mrs. Joseph Leiber of Los Angeles, and Mrs. George Gemmell of Silver Bell, Ariz.; two sons, Alfred Champie of Wickenburg and James A. Champie of Winkleman, Ariz.; 12 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. See Also: Find a Grave |
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