Florence May Yeaton

Florence May Yeaton was born in Bancroft, Nebraska on September 15th, 1878 to Zelotes and Emily Yeaton.¹1954-10-28 – Obituary of Florence Dauth After graduating high school in Lyons, Nebraska she began working in a millinery parlor in Omaha.²1898-02-03 – Lyons Mirror – Florence Yeaton Working In Omaha Millinery During an apprenticeship in St. Joseph, Missouri she was offered a job as a “first class trimmer” in a millinery in Denver, Colorado.³1949-03-24 – The Lyons Mirror – Florence Yeaton Working at Millinery in Denver She moved there in 1899, at the age of 21. In 1901 Florence met George Dauth, who was working as a clerk at local grocery store. They married on September 8th 1903 and moved to 825 6th Street in Greeley.⁴1903-09-10 – The Greeley Tribune – Yeaton-Dauth Marriage⁵1904-1944 – Weld County Directory – Results For Dauth On September 10th, 1903, Florence announced the opening of her own millinery parlor, “The Parlor Millinery”, located at 702 Ninth Avenue, Greeley.⁶1903-09-10 – The Greeley Tribune – Florence Yeaton Millinery Announcement A month later Florence made plans to move her millinery to the first floor of 806 9th Street. Florence would sell her millinery parlor to Mrs. Nelson Demorest on June 2nd 1904 in anticipation of the birth of her first child, George Jr., on September 14th 1904.⁷1904-08-25 – The Greeley Tribune – Florence Dauth Sells Millinery⁸1932-05-25 – June Dauth Eulogy – Page 1

In 1904, Florence’s brother-in-law, Philip Dauth, and sister-in-law, Katie Dauth, both tragically died, leaving behind five children: Isabella, Louise, Phillip, Fred, and Elsie.⁹1905-12-02 – Denver Post – Philip Dauth Suicide Florence and George adopted Louise, Fred, and Elsie while George’s other siblings cared for Isabella and Phillip.

Florence and George had their second child, Elizabeth, on June 3rd 1906.¹⁰1906-06-07 – The Greeley Tribune – Elizabeth Dauth Born In 1907 they moved to their second home at 1329 7th Street.¹¹ 1904-1944 – Weld County Directory – Results For Dauth Their third child, Leslie, was born on June 5th 1908. On December 3rd 1910 they had twins who died in infancy. In 1913 they had a third son, Donald, who also died in infancy. In 1924 Florence’s daughter Elizabeth became ill, passing away on July 20th 1924.¹²c. 1924 – Christmas Card With Note About Elizabeth Dauth Death

Florence was active in many of Greeley’s social clubs, including the “Unique Card Club”, “The Rebekahs”, the “North Ward Mother’s Circle”, the “Vincina Club”, and the “Kensington Club.”¹³1908-02-27 – The Greeley Tribune – Florence Yeaton With Unique Card Club¹⁴1909-03-10 – The Greeley Tribune – Florence Dauth With Kensington Club¹⁵1909-11-04 – The Greeley Tribune – Florence Dauth With Rebekahs Club¹⁶1911-05-25 – The Greeley Tribune – Florence Dauth With North Ward Mothers Circle In 1929, when her sons were enrolled at the Colorado Teachers College, she started entertaining the college sororities at her summer home “Idlewild Lodge.”¹⁷1929-05-02 – The Mirror – Florence Dauth and Sigma Upsilon at Idlewild Lodge On October 3rd, 1929, Florence began renting 1731 Eleventh Avenue to the Sigma Upsilon Sorority and became their House Mother.¹⁸1929-10-03 – The Mirror – Florence Dauth Housemother of Sigma Upsilon Florence would be a House Mother for almost two decades for the various sororities that rented this property.¹⁹c. 1946 – Florence Dauth Housemother of ASA

On April 15th 1932 Florence’s oldest son, June, became ill after appendicitis surgery, and passed away on May 18th 1932.²⁰1932-06-02 – The Lyons Mirror – June Dauth Obituary In 1937 Florence and George moved to 1731 11th Avenue, next door to their son Leslie and his family.²¹1932-06-02 – The Lyons Mirror – June Dauth Obituary On April 29th 1946, Florence’s husband George was struck by a locomotive and killed.²²1946-04-29 – Weekly Tribune – George Dauth’s Obituary In her later years Florence spent her time as House Mother of the local sororities, entertaining guests at “Idlewild Lodge”, and being active with the Park Congregational Church.

Florence passed away on October 28th 1956 at the age of 76.²³1954-10-28 – Obituary of Florence Dauth She was buried at Linn Grove Cemetery in Greeley.²⁴2019-06-02 – Dauth Family Grave – Linn Grove Cemetery