The Monday, 21 June 1954, edition of the Madison (Lake County, South Dakota) Daily Leader carried the following obituary (page 1, column 3) for May Rosella Belknap Regan:
BUSINESS WOMAN HERE FOR HALF CENTURY DIES SUNDAY NIGHT
Mrs. James V. [May Rosella Belknap] Regan, who has been associated with the Regan tailor shop here since 1898, and was one of Madison's pioneer business women, died in her home here Sunday night [20 June 1954] after a long illness. She was 78 years of age.
Mrs. Regan, the former May Belknap, was born February 7, 1876, in [Aurburn Township] Fayette County, Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. [George William] Belknap, long-time residents of Lake County and Madison.
At the age of 6 [in about 1882?] she moved to Lake County with her parents who homesteaded in Concord Township. In 1890, she moved to Madison. She and her brother Clyde [Belknap] were members of the class of 1895, the first four year graduating class of Madison Central High School.
She married James V. Regan of Orilla, Ontario [Canada], September 14, 1896. Mr. Regan was the proprietor of the Regan tailor shop which he established in Madison in 1898. To this union was born four children -- two girls and two boys. Mr. Regan died in 1938.
Mrs. Regan was a member of First Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. She was an active member of the Business Women's division of the Westminster Women's Association, a member of the Business and Professional Women's Club, a member of the Lake County Historical Society, and for 30 years a member of the Entre Nous Study Club.
She is survived by two older sisters, Mrs. Arthur Northrup, Tacoma, Washington, and Mrs. H.H. Plowman, De Smet [SD]; a younger brother Clyde Belknap, Spokane, Washington; four children, Mrs. A.J. Boyce, Sioux Falls [SD], Mrs. A.A. Bostic, Delano, Minnesota; and James, Jr. and George Regan, Madison; five grandsons, three granddaughters and one great granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday [23 June 1954] at the Hallenbeck Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. and at the Presbyterian church at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Stephan J. Jones officiating.
BUSINESS WOMAN HERE FOR HALF CENTURY DIES SUNDAY NIGHT
Mrs. James V. [May Rosella Belknap] Regan, who has been associated with the Regan tailor shop here since 1898, and was one of Madison's pioneer business women, died in her home here Sunday night [20 June 1954] after a long illness. She was 78 years of age.
Mrs. Regan, the former May Belknap, was born February 7, 1876, in [Aurburn Township] Fayette County, Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. [George William] Belknap, long-time residents of Lake County and Madison.
At the age of 6 [in about 1882?] she moved to Lake County with her parents who homesteaded in Concord Township. In 1890, she moved to Madison. She and her brother Clyde [Belknap] were members of the class of 1895, the first four year graduating class of Madison Central High School.
She married James V. Regan of Orilla, Ontario [Canada], September 14, 1896. Mr. Regan was the proprietor of the Regan tailor shop which he established in Madison in 1898. To this union was born four children -- two girls and two boys. Mr. Regan died in 1938.
Mrs. Regan was a member of First Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. She was an active member of the Business Women's division of the Westminster Women's Association, a member of the Business and Professional Women's Club, a member of the Lake County Historical Society, and for 30 years a member of the Entre Nous Study Club.
She is survived by two older sisters, Mrs. Arthur Northrup, Tacoma, Washington, and Mrs. H.H. Plowman, De Smet [SD]; a younger brother Clyde Belknap, Spokane, Washington; four children, Mrs. A.J. Boyce, Sioux Falls [SD], Mrs. A.A. Bostic, Delano, Minnesota; and James, Jr. and George Regan, Madison; five grandsons, three granddaughters and one great granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday [23 June 1954] at the Hallenbeck Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. and at the Presbyterian church at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Stephan J. Jones officiating.
The Monday, 21 June 1954, edition of the Madison (Lake County, South Dakota) Daily Leader carried the following obituary (page 1, column 3) for May Rosella Belknap Regan:
BUSINESS WOMAN HERE FOR HALF CENTURY DIES SUNDAY NIGHT
Mrs. James V. [May Rosella Belknap] Regan, who has been associated with the Regan tailor shop here since 1898, and was one of Madison's pioneer business women, died in her home here Sunday night [20 June 1954] after a long illness. She was 78 years of age.
Mrs. Regan, the former May Belknap, was born February 7, 1876, in [Aurburn Township] Fayette County, Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. [George William] Belknap, long-time residents of Lake County and Madison.
At the age of 6 [in about 1882?] she moved to Lake County with her parents who homesteaded in Concord Township. In 1890, she moved to Madison. She and her brother Clyde [Belknap] were members of the class of 1895, the first four year graduating class of Madison Central High School.
She married James V. Regan of Orilla, Ontario [Canada], September 14, 1896. Mr. Regan was the proprietor of the Regan tailor shop which he established in Madison in 1898. To this union was born four children -- two girls and two boys. Mr. Regan died in 1938.
Mrs. Regan was a member of First Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. She was an active member of the Business Women's division of the Westminster Women's Association, a member of the Business and Professional Women's Club, a member of the Lake County Historical Society, and for 30 years a member of the Entre Nous Study Club.
She is survived by two older sisters, Mrs. Arthur Northrup, Tacoma, Washington, and Mrs. H.H. Plowman, De Smet [SD]; a younger brother Clyde Belknap, Spokane, Washington; four children, Mrs. A.J. Boyce, Sioux Falls [SD], Mrs. A.A. Bostic, Delano, Minnesota; and James, Jr. and George Regan, Madison; five grandsons, three granddaughters and one great granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday [23 June 1954] at the Hallenbeck Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. and at the Presbyterian church at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Stephan J. Jones officiating.
BUSINESS WOMAN HERE FOR HALF CENTURY DIES SUNDAY NIGHT
Mrs. James V. [May Rosella Belknap] Regan, who has been associated with the Regan tailor shop here since 1898, and was one of Madison's pioneer business women, died in her home here Sunday night [20 June 1954] after a long illness. She was 78 years of age.
Mrs. Regan, the former May Belknap, was born February 7, 1876, in [Aurburn Township] Fayette County, Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. [George William] Belknap, long-time residents of Lake County and Madison.
At the age of 6 [in about 1882?] she moved to Lake County with her parents who homesteaded in Concord Township. In 1890, she moved to Madison. She and her brother Clyde [Belknap] were members of the class of 1895, the first four year graduating class of Madison Central High School.
She married James V. Regan of Orilla, Ontario [Canada], September 14, 1896. Mr. Regan was the proprietor of the Regan tailor shop which he established in Madison in 1898. To this union was born four children -- two girls and two boys. Mr. Regan died in 1938.
Mrs. Regan was a member of First Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. She was an active member of the Business Women's division of the Westminster Women's Association, a member of the Business and Professional Women's Club, a member of the Lake County Historical Society, and for 30 years a member of the Entre Nous Study Club.
She is survived by two older sisters, Mrs. Arthur Northrup, Tacoma, Washington, and Mrs. H.H. Plowman, De Smet [SD]; a younger brother Clyde Belknap, Spokane, Washington; four children, Mrs. A.J. Boyce, Sioux Falls [SD], Mrs. A.A. Bostic, Delano, Minnesota; and James, Jr. and George Regan, Madison; five grandsons, three granddaughters and one great granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday [23 June 1954] at the Hallenbeck Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. and at the Presbyterian church at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Stephan J. Jones officiating.
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