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Sophia Chastain 1899 - 1925

Sophia (Piske) Chastain was born on April 14, 1899 in Chicago, Illinois United States to Wilhelm Piske and Bertha Piske, and had siblings Wilhelm Piske, Paul Piske, Anna Sass, Minnie Warkenthein, Bertha (Piske), Louis Paske, and Hermon Piske. Sophia Chastain died at age 26 years old on June 6, 1925 in Chicago.

Sophia (Piske) Chastain
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April 14, 1899
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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  • 04/14
    1899

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    April 14, 1899
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    Chicago, Illinois United States
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  • 06/6
    1925

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    June 6, 1925
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    Tumor of the Brain
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    SOPHIA HENRIETTA CHASTAIN Mrs. Sophia Henrietta Chastem, nee Piske, daughter of Wm. Piske, died May 30, at 4:45 p. m. of tumor of the brain. She was born April 14. 1889 and attended St. Lutheran school until her confirmation in 1903. In 1914 she married Mr. Alva Chastain. The couple made their home at 6242 Cornelia Avenue, Chicago. While visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blaesing suddenly became ill. She was rushed to the hospital where the seriousness of her djfease soon showed itself. The doctors hoped to save her life by an operation but it was of no avail. She was deurmus for the greater part of the the operation. Her age at the time of death was 86 years, 1 month and 1 day. She is mourned by her husband, her father, 5 brothers, and 4 sisters. She was buried at St. cemetery
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    Sophia Chastain lived 52 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 26.
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In 1899, in the year that Sophia Chastain was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1904, when she was just 5 years old, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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Piske, Henry (Dec 29, 1888 - Jun 1966) Piske, Marian (Apr 8, 1906 - Oct 1985) Piske, Edna (Sep 16, 1911 - Jul 1991) Piske, Loraine (Dec 25, 1915 - Oct 14, 2000) Piske, Uldine (Jun 11, 1920 - Sep 8, 2000) Piske, Donald (May 31, 1928 - Apr 1983) Piske, Fern (Mar 10, 1909 - Oct 17, 2006) Piske, Amelia (Feb 9, 1884 - Feb 1967) Piske, Fred (Jan 6, 1901 - Dec 2, 1990) Piske, Louise (Jul 4, 1888 - Sep 1969)
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