Delia Hartley Stevens....useful life ends

3 generations: Mary J. (Tibbetts) Hartley, granddaughter Dorothy (Stevens) Dunlop, and daughter Delia (Hartley) Stevens. Mary J. Hartley's son George Henry Hartley (not pictured) was my great grandfather. Courtesy of HermitInTheValley (Ancestry).

On Saturday I posted the obituary for my 2nd great aunt Mary Hartley Read.  I've been neglecting my Hartley side for a while and thought it might be good to review them.  Here is the obituary for Mary's sister Delia (Hartley) Stevens, who was a teacher, like Mary.

San Diego Union (San Diego, CA)
Friday, 25 Nov 1938
page 16, col 7
from GenealogyBank 

Delia Hartley Stevens....useful life ends 

S.D. Pioneer, Teacher, Dies 

Delia Hartley Stevens, who taught in little red schoolhouses at Julian, Jamul, Chollas valley and El Cajon many years ago, died Wednesday night at her home, 3506 Arizona st.  She was the wife of William Jay Stevens, North Park business man. 

Mrs. Stevens was born in Des Moines, Ia., coming here with her parents, pioneers, in 1882, when eight years old.  The family settled in Dehesa valley where Delia and her two brothers and sisters grew to high school age.  Then they came to San Diego where the children graduated from the old Russ High school. In 1892 Mrs. Stevens and her sister, now Mary Read, graduated from the State Normal school, Los Angeles.  For nine years Mrs. Stevens taught school in San Diego county. 

AIDED DEVELOPMENT 

In 1901 Delia Hartley was married to Will Jay Stevens and lived in El Cajon valley for several years, later moving to San Diego where Mr. Stevens entered the real estate business.  In the North Park district, where Mr. Stevens' mother now resides, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens were active in developing that section of the city.  Mrs. Stevens was active in San Diego chapter D.A.R.  She was beloved by everybody in the North Park district, because before her long illness began she was prominent in all civic affairs in that rapidly growing section of San Diego.  She inherited her admirable North Park spirit from her parents, as did other members of the Hartley family.  Her mother, affectionately known as Grandma Hartley, is referred to as the "mother of North Park." Jack Hartley, another prominent figure in the North Park district and a brother of Mrs. Stevens, died Nov. 5, 1937. 

HUSBAND SURVIVES 

Besides her husband, Mrs. Stevens is survived by a daughter, Dorothy Dunlop, and a grandson, Richard Davis Stanley; also her mother, Mary J. Hartley; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Read and Mrs. Maud MacDougall; two brothers, George and Paul Hartley.
Services will be held this afternoon at 1:30 at Bonham Brothers' mortuary.  The Rev. William Forshaw, La Jolla, formerly of the North Park district, will officiate.

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