Lela was the daughter of Julia and Cyrus Shaffer. She marrried Ethol First on August 12, 1924.
She was the mother of Janette E. First Sutherland and Lucille First Walters.
Portland Review; Feb. 9, 1950:
The old Sowles Hotel, home of Mrs. Lela First, on Broad Street (the west side continuation of Bridge Street) has been sold to Frank Davenport, who lives in the next home south, facing on Market Street. It is probable Mr. Davenport will transform the First place into a plumbing shop (later home of Snitgen Plumbing & Heating). Mrs. First is one of the Michigan Bell operators being transferred when dial goes into effect here, and she will go to Ionia. The First property was years ago the Sowles Hotel, one of the oldest buildings in town. It stands just west of the Nazarene Church, and within a block northwest of the site of the Aunt Polly Clark home, which Fred Jarvis tore down last summer, after it had stood for well over a century.
Burial Oct 2, 1961.
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Parents:
Cyrus Shaffer (1853 - 1935)
Julia Ann Reinsmith Shaffer (1860 - 1943)
Spouse:
Ethol Alton First (1904 - 1948)
Children:
Janette E. Sutherland (1927 - 2009)*
Siblings:
Dora E Shaffer Holton (1878 - 1900)*
Gerttie Bell Shaffer Guy (1881 - 1918)*
Addie M Shaffer Guy (1883 - 1972)*
Verna Shaffer Cheal (1885 - 1966)*
Loretta J Shaffer Litchfield (1888 - 1979)*
Claud James Shaffer (1891 - 1965)*
Elmer Cyrus Shaffer (1894 - 1988)*
Lela E Shaffer First (1902 - 1961)
*Calculated relationship
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