Bertha Laveta Mahaffey

     Bertha Laveta Mahaffey was born on 22 April 1911 at Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma.^1,2 She was the daughter of Thomas Leonard Mahaffey and Cora Mable Madison.^1,2 Bertha Laveta Mahaffey first married, at age 22, Dave George Foster, age 21, son of Eugene Stanley Foster and Nora Ellen Springmeyer, on Sunday, 17 September 1933 at Hennessey, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.^1,2,3 Bertha Laveta Mahaffey married a second time, at age 74, Claude Cleveland Reed, age 49 on Saturday, 7 December 1985 at Witchita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.¹ Bertha Laveta Mahaffey died on 16 November 1996 at Witchita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, at age 85 years, 6 months and 25 days.^1,2 She was buried in section 8, row 4, grave 18, in the Maize Cemetery, located in Maize, Sedgwick County, Kansas.²
     She appeared on the census of 31 January 1920 in the household of Cora Mable Madison at Liberty Township, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. Bertha Laveta Mahaffey appeared on the census of 2 April 1930 in the household of Thomas Leonard Mahaffey and Adelia [—?—] at Lincoln County, District 9, Wyoming. She was widowed at age 63 by the death of Dave on 19 December 1974.^1,3 Cousin Bertha made the best Peanut Butter Pie I have ever eaten. My children sure did like it. I have never heard of a pie like that. I met her the first time at her house in April of 1982. We liked each other right from the start. My children and I used to go and visit her all the time. Then I told her I would take her to meet her other cousins, My mom Lucille and my Aunt Rosie. They are first cousins to Bertha. Bertha loved to go fishing and take trips. We lost contact when she moved to Kansas, then the next thing I knew she had died. She is surley missed. I still think about that Peanut Butter Pie. She was the nicest person to anyone she met. She helped me on the Madison side of the family. Her mother was a Madison and so was my mother. Love You Cousin Bertha, Your Cousin Linda.¹