Lena May Chapin

Born: Jan 6, 1877
Loc: Bloomfield Twp. Crawford Co. PA
Died: Oct 14, 1955
Loc: Near Corry, Erie Co. PA
Bur: Evergreen Cemetery,
Union City, Erie Co. PA
Gravestone Photo
Father: Oliver Artemus Chapin
Mother: Sarah Blair Range
Married: Dec 24, 1902 at Erie,
Erie Co. PA
Spouse: James Whipple
Children:  Florence Viola/Willard Frank

Children were of first marriage of James Whipple raised by Lena and James.
They loved Lena and thought of her as their mother. I have several letters in my possession that attest to that.

1880 Census:  Bloomfield Twp, Crawford Co. PA
1900 Census:  Union City, Erie Co. PA
1910 Census:  Union City, Erie Co. PA
1920 Census:  Richmond Village, Painesville Twp, Lake Co, OH
1930 Census:  Union City, Erie Co. PA
Obituary: Whipple Rites Held Sunday P.M.
Funeral services in memory of Lena Whipple, R D 3, Corry, were conducted from the Glenn Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at two o’clock with interment following in the Evergreen cemetery. Rev. Harold Lyman of the E. U. B. Church officiated. The deceased, a former Union City resident, passed away Friday, October 14 at the Piper Convalescent Home, and is survived by one step-daughter, Miss Florence Whipple of Milford, OH.

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