Edith Wilkinson Countess (1886-1962)

Edith Wilkinson Countess was born on 21 December 1886 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware. She died on 6 August 1962 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California. She married John Russell Schaal on 18 November 1915 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware.

The Evening Journal, 20 Nov 1915

Edith Countess and John Schaal's marriage certificate

The Sacramento Bee, 8 Aug 1962

SCHAAL - In Sacramento, August 6, 1962, Edith C. Schaal, beloved wife of John R. Schaal, loving mother of Virginia E. Schaal, sister of the late Lulu Countiss; a native of Wilmington, Del., aged 75 years. Friends are welcome at the Mission Chapel of Andrews & Greilich, 28th * W Sts., until 9 PM today (Wednesday). Private funeral services will be held tomorrow (Thursday), to be followed by cremation. Remembrances may be made to a charity of your choice.

PARENTS
John Henry Countess
Louisa E. Countess

SPOUSE
John Russell Schaal

CHILDREN
infant son Schaal
Virginia Ethel Schaal

SOURCE

• 1900 census, Wilmington Hundred, Precinct 56 Wilmington City Ward 7, New Castle, Delaware
• 1910 census, Wilmington Ward 8, New Castle, Delaware 
• 1930 census, Losa Angeles City, Los Angeles, California 
• 1940 census, Area A, Sacramento, Sacramento Judicial Township, Sacramento, California 
• The Evening Journal (Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware) 20 November 1915 
• The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California) 8 August 1962