Elizabeth Sushanna (Walker) Fagin (1889 - 1985)

Born 24 Aug 1889 in Silver Cliff, Custer, Colorado, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Decatur Fagin — married 25 Dec 1912 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1985 at age 95 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth S. Fagin

Elizabeth S. Fagin, 95, of Colorado Springs died Friday in a Colorado Springs nursing home. Mrs. Fagin was a homemaker. Graveside serviced will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Evergreen Cemetery, with the Rev. G. H. Nelson officiating. Friends may call from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Evergreen Funeral Home, 1830 E. Fountain Blvd.

Mrs. Fagin was born Aug. 24, 1889, in Silver Cliff. She had lived in the Colorado Springs area since 1932. Her parents were the late Alexander and Hanna (Evans) Walker. She was married Dec. 24, 1912, in Colorado Springs to Steve D. Fagin, Sr., who preceded her in death.

Mrs. Fagin was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Survivors include three sons, George of North Park, Fla., Edwin E. of Las Vegas, Nev., and Steve D. of Colorado Springs; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Gazette Telegraph (Colorado Springs, Colo.), obituary in the Sunday, July 28, 1985 edition.

• Fagin, George. Personal recollection, 5 Jun 2018.
• Family records compiled by Ethel (Wohlgehagen) Fagin
• Fagin Family Assoc. Descendants of Patrick Fagin, Felicity Ohio: Multilith Printing, L. G. Heavenrich, 1967, page 73.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34811417/elizabeth-sushanna-fagin: accessed 14 June 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Sushanna Walker Fagin (24 Aug 1889–26 Jul 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34811417, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by Joe & Connie, and Mariah (contributor 46889617).
• Interment Records for Evergreen Cemetery: (http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/elpaso/cemeteries/evergreen/evergreen_phase3.txt).

Research Notes

Family records indicate that Elizabeth's mother's actual name was Susan Hanah Evans (nickname Anna). Elizabeth's middle name Sushanna appears to have been a combination of her mother's first and middle names. Elizabeth's middle name was misspelled as 'Susannah' under the entry for her husband on page 73 of Descendants of Patrick Fagin. The correct spelling, 'Sushanna', is confirmed in family records, the Interment Records for Evergreen Cemetery and her FindAGrave entry. As for the date of her marriage, Ethel (Wohlgehagen) Fagin's hand written notes record it as Dec. 25, 1912, not the 24th as published in the obituary. My first cousin Stephanie (Orcutt) Fagin, who grew up seeing Bill on a daily basis, confirms that the anniversary was on Christmas Day. -George Fagin II'