Shirley (Durham) Hampton - 1939-2021

We're saddened to report that one of our Maiden/Durham relatives has passed away.  Cousin Shirley (Durham) Hampton, born and raised in Chadron, died earlier this week in Michigan.  Her obituary is included beneath the composite photograph below.

Our condolences to her husband – Chadron native Jim Hampton – and the entire Hampton family.

(More recent photo is above above at left;  

at right is Shirley's 1956 CHS class photo)

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OBITUARY for SHIRLEY HAMPTON

Shirley Anne Hampton, of Northport, Michigan, passed away Monday, November 1, 2021, at her home with family by her side. Shirley was born on March 14, 1939, in Chadron, Nebraska, the daughter of David and Mary Lee (Miller) Durham. She graduated from Chadron High School in 1957.

She married James F. Hampton who survives her. Shirley was raised in Chadron, where she met and married the love of her life, Jim, who was the cornerstone of her life. The couple moved to East Lansing, Michigan where she supported Jim as he pursued his Ph.D. at Michigan State University. Shirley worked at The College of Education, The College of Horticulture, and The College of Chemistry during the early years of their marriage. The couple moved to Midland in 1963 where they raised their three daughters.

Shirley will be remembered and missed for her selfless devotion to her family and friends, always placing others' needs ahead of her own. The world is a better place having had Shirley Hampton here. She was involved in everything from preparing meals for grieving families at Blessed Sacrament Church to volunteering at Adams Elementary School to Brownies and Girl Scouts.

Shirley served as president of the Triskelion organization of Saginaw Valley State University and their consignment shop to raise money for scholarships for students attending SVSU.

Shirley was a gifted artist who enjoyed painting beautiful landscapes of the Leelanau Peninsula. She enjoyed quilting, knitting, and doll-making. Shirley was an avid reader and a wonderful cook and hostess.

Shirley is survived by her loving husband of 63 years, James, her children Julie (Michael) Marsden of Marshall, Michigan; Jodi (Ed) Loubert of Midland, Michigan; and Robyn (Gregory) Dorrien of Midland, Michigan. Shirley is also survived by her grandchildren John Marsden of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Andrew Marsden of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Jamie Loubert of Warren, Michigan; and Hope Dorrien of Ferndale, Michigan. As a well-loved active and nurturing woman, she leaves many more friends, family, and people for whom she cared deeply.

Shirley was predeceased by her parents David and Mary Lee Durham, and a brother, Gary Durham.

Interment of ashes and a private family celebration of Shirley's life will be held at a later date.  Shirley's family would like to thank the Palliative Care Team at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City and extend a very special thank you to our Hospice of Michigan Traverse City group - Tammy, Tonya and Renee.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Hospice of Michigan (Traverse City) or Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Published by Midland Daily News on Nov. 2, 2021.

80 Years Ago Today–A New Newspaper!

The front page of "Vol. 1 - No.1" of THE EAGLET, a school newspaper produced by elementary students at the Nebraska State Normal "Prep" School in Chadron, Nebraska back in 1941.  One of the contributors was 9-year-old  Jocelyn "Jackie" Maiden, a country lass – the youngest child of Bill and Leota Maiden.

This paper, and Jackie's front-page story, are timely and significant for several reasons.  First, it was published exactly 80 years ago this week!  The world was a different place – and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor just six weeks later was one of the most significant events in U.S. history.  December 7th, 1941 truly was a "day of infamy."

And her short story in this "first edition" of The Eaglet – along with others in the newspaper – demonstrates  a level of sensitivity and understanding about different cultures, even if some the words used might not be fully acceptable today.

In coming days, we'll add a few other stories from the paper.

Here is the text of Jackie Maiden's front-page story:

How the Indians Lived

There are different kinds of Indians.  Each kind of Indian has a different kind of house.  The forest and stream Indians live in tepees.  There is one Indian (tribe) that builds log houses.  These are the Iroquois Indians.  They are Eastern Indians.  The Navaho's build hogans which look like a bowl turned over.  They live in the southwest.

Now I will tell about their food and dishes.  Most Indians eat fish, corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, melons, potatoes and meats.  The squaws make most of the dishes.  They take stones that have been hollowed out by the water.  They use turtle shells, too.  They also make clay dishes.

We think that Indians are funny, but they have their ways and we have ours.

                                                                                – Jocelyn Maiden

We think the last paragraph is perhaps the most telling.  It is a recognition and suggested acceptance of the fact that we may have lots of different cultures – and that "they have their ways and we have ours."

That's a pretty incisive perception for a nine-year-old girl.  That's a very young Jackie Maiden at left.   She always was a smart cookie – and cute!

 

Maiden family was among Dawes County pioneers

(Editor's Note:  The following story is among the many chronicled in "A Compendium of History, Reminiscence & Biography of Western Nebraska," an illustrated book published in 1909 by the Alden Publishing Company of Chicago.)

William H. Maiden holds a prominent place among the foremost agriculturists of Dawes county, Nebraska. His home is on section 5, township 34, range 47, where he has been located for many years past, and his well appointed home and well cultivated fields bespeak the man of taste and progress, and no one stands higher in the estimation of his fellowmen and associates than he. He is among the leading old settlers in this region who has take an active part in the development of the section from its very beginning, and richly deserves the success which has come to him.

William H. Maiden family - ca. 1900

(L-R) Dora, William J., and William H. Maiden)

Mr. Maiden was born in Whiteside county, Illinois, in 1848. His father, George Maiden. was a farmer and old settler in Illinois, and was one of those who lived in that section of the country at the time of the Black Hawk massacre. He married Sarah Templeton, American born, of Scotch blood.

In 1856 the family moved to Tama county, Iowa, and there our subject grew to manhood, remaining at home with his parents up to the time of his twenty-first birthday, assisting in the farm work, and attending the country schools, where he received a fair education, for those early days. He left home in 1877 and came into the Black Hills, working for different freighting outfits in that vicinity, and part of the time being manager of the mail route from Fort Pierre to Deadwood, remaining here up to 1880. He then returned to Iowa, where he was married to Miss Dora E. Derrick, whose father, John C. Derrick, was a farmer of German descent, and her mother was Adelia Kellogg, raised in New York state. One son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Maiden, William J., now twenty-one years of age and living on a farm adjoining that of his father.

Mr. Maiden and his family lived in Iowa up to the spring of 1886, farming there in Carroll county, then came to Dawes county, Nebraska, and settled on his present homestead, landing here on March 8th. This farm was located in section 5, township 34, range 47, and he at once began to build up a home, putting up a dugout, in which they lived for two years, then built a better house of the same kind and lived in that for nine years. 

During the first years they went through many hard times, witnessing the drouths, and was obliged to work in the roundhouse at Chadron and any odd work he could get to do in order to support his family. He kept on improving his place, however, and has now a ranch of eight hundred acres, about seventy acres of which is in alfalfa and plow land, with the balance in hay and pasture, as he engages extensively in the stock business, raising a large number of cattle and horses for market each season. The ranch is located on White river, and is well supplied with natural timber of all kinds, and he has it well improved, all fenced, and everything in first-class order.

Mr. Maiden is a strong Democrat and an ardent admirer of William Jennings Bryan,and takes a keen interest in local and national politics. He has served as school director for four years, also as school treasurer for five years.

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Maiden leap-frog fun?

If the lives of the Maiden girls out on White River during the 1930's were challenging, they weren't without fun.  Here, Jackie, Dorothy, Betty and Letty (Lettie) engage in a bit of tomfoolery with a couple of unidentified young people at the bottom of this undated photograph.  This photo was likely taken on the Maiden homestead northeast of Chadron, Nebraska  (Betty Love Jolovich collection)

Betty's Perfect Attendance - 1932

Betty (Maiden) Love Jolovich racked up some enviable school attendance reports in 1932.  These monthly report records were shared with us by Betty's daughter, Janice (Love) Tenold.  To see a larger version of this document – along with other Maiden family images – visit our Maiden Family Gallery.

90-year-old Betty Love Jolovich, dies in Sheridan – the last of her Maiden family generation

They were called the "Greatest Generation."  And in so many ways they were – those durable youngsters who grew up during the Great Depression and who knew the horrors and sacrifices that came with World War Two.

Betty Love Jolovich was of that generation.  She died at her home last week (3/22/17) in Sheridan, Wyoming at age 90.

Betty (Maiden) Love Jolovich
(1926 - 2017)

Born May 27, 1926 in the family farmhouse 14 miles northeast of Chadron, Nebraska, Betty Belle Maiden was the fifth daughter in the family of Bill and Leota Maiden.  She attended school on the home place and later at the Normal Prep School in Chadron.

On June 20, 1944, Betty married Marlin Love, an Army buddy of her brother Henry.  They honeymooned back to his home in Iowa on a motorcycle.  Alas, the old 1932 Harley-Davidson broke down in western Iowa, and they had to hitchhike the rest of the trip!

After Marlin was discharged from the Army, they moved to Sheridan, Wyoming, where they arrived December 4, 1944. The Loves would spend the rest of their lives in Wyoming, mostly in and around Sheridan, where they raised their four children.

Marlin Love died in 2000, and two years later, Betty married Paul Jolovich.

In addition to her parents, Betty Love Jolovich was pre-deceased by her first husband, Marlin Love, and by her sisters Minnie Scott, Nettie Drake, Lettie Miller, Dorothy Lewis, and Jocelyn Allen; brothers David Weston, William Weston, Henry Maiden, and James Walter Maiden.

She is survived by her second husband, Paul Jolovich of Sheridan, and by her children Beverly Reinke and Sandra Mosley of Sheridan, son Matthew Love of Gillette, and daughter Janice Tenold of Rapid City; and by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.

Her ashes will be spread near those of Marlin's up on the mountain in their beloved Big Horns, where the couple volunteered for so many years.

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Note:  The passing of Betty Love Jolovich marks the end of the Maiden family members who were of that "Greatest Generation."  She was the sole remaining child of Bill and Leota (Durham) Maiden, both born in the late 1800's.  None of the Maiden lives was easy, and that took a toll on some of them.  But it didn't hamper a tremendous sense of humor among a few of the Maiden girls – including Betty.  We'll always remember her infectious laugh, mischievous smile, and her keen wit.  None of us will soon forget this special lady.   We are adding a few additional photographs of "Aunt Betty" to the Maiden Family Gallery.

When penny postcards really were....a penny!

You can take a closer look at this old postcard -- and lots of other early family photographs -- in our Maiden Gallery.