Olive Helen Hewitt

1891 - 1991  (99 years)

• Name	Olive Helen Hewitt
  Birth	16 Nov 1891	Hoople, Walsh, North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Feb 1991	Bengough, Saskatchewan, Canada   [1]
  Burial	13 Feb 1991	Bengough Cemetery, Bengough, Saskatchewan, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I12774	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Mark Alfred Hewitt,   b. 24 May 1853, Egremont Township near Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Jun 1935, Swansea (Toronto), York County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Helen Thomson,   b. 1 Mar 1859, Clinton, Huron County, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Jan 1929, Bengough, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1885	Larrimore, North Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F4361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Robert Gauley,   b. 29 Mar 1875, Wiarton, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Oct 1957, Bengough, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	18 Jun 1919	Omega, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Children	1. Isiah Sherman Gauley,   b. 18 Apr 1920, Rushton, Saskatchewan, Canada   2. Robert Alfred Gauley,   b. 19 Oct 1921, Rushton, Saskatchewan, Canada   3. Esther Elizabeth Gauley,   b. 21 Jul 1925, Bengough, Saskatchewan, Canada   4. Dorothy Jean Gauley,   b. 12 Dec 1927, Rushton, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Family ID	F4957	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Was living in Roan Mine, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1934 when her father died. Lived on a ranch in the Bengough, Saskatchewan area for thirty-five years. Olice Helen Gauley Funeral services for Mrs. Olive Helen Gauley, late of Bengough, Saskatchewan, who passed away on February 10, 1991, at the age of 99 years, was held Wednesday, February 13, 1991 at 2:00 p.m. in Knox United Church in Bengough, Sask. Jennifer Uhryniw, ordained minister, presided. Interment took place in Bengough Municipal Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Jim Sabin, Paul Mazenc, Claude Tessier, Gary Shaver, Don Shaver and Rick Shaver. Memorials were received for Knox United Church Memorial Fund. Ross Funeral Services Ltd. was in care of arrangements. Olice Gauley was born on November 16, 1891 in Hoople, North Dakota, daughter of Mark and Helen Hewitt. The family moved to Buford, North Dakota in 1902. They moved to the Bengough district in 1912. Olive married Robert Gauley in 1918. They ranched south of Hardy until 1950. Upon retirement they moved to Bengough. Olive quickly became involved in the community. She belonged to the U.C.W. and the Jolly 17 Club. She remained in her home until she was nearly 90 years old. She was a hard worker, enjoyed family, gardening, visiting, travelling and various hobbies such as quilting and crocheting. She moved into the Centennial Home where she remained until her passing. Predeceased by her husband Robert in 1957, her parents, Mark and Helen Hewitt, two sisters, Alice (Charles) Akers and Jean (Jay) Shaver, two brothers, Norman and Ralph, three brothers-in-law, Charles (Gwen) Bryan, Jay (Jean) Shaver and Charles (Alice) Akers, two sons-in-law Alfred (Esther) Sabin and Dan (Dorothy) Charuk and one daughter-in-law Laura (Sherman) Gauley; she is survived by one sister Gwen Bryan of Vancouver Island, B.C., her sons Sherman (Fran) of Westlake Village, Calif., Robert (Adelaide) of Comox, B.C., her daughters Esther (Alfred) Sabin of Bengough and Dorothy (Dan) Charuk of Edmonton, Alta., eight grandchildren: Jim (Saga) Sabin, Ron Sabin, Joanne (Paul) Mazenc, Lorna (Claude) Tessier, Jeffery (Gwenda) Gauley, Mark (Dale) Gauley, Harvey Gauley and Wesley Gauley; six great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in Bengough Cemetery, July 2002. year of death of Olive Helen Gauley (date from Sherman Gauley), (place from Esther Elizabeth (Gauley) Sabin) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in Bengough Cemetery, July 2002. place of burial of Olive Helen Hewitt (date from obituary)