CLARRIDGE, Mrs. Anna Bell HIBBARD 1868 - 1950

CLARRIDGE, HIBBARD, NELSON, DINGUS, STANSBERRY

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 3/5/2006 at 12:54:44

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Tuesday, June 13, 1950
Page 5, Column 4

BIRMINGHAM, IOWA. Mrs. Anna Bell HIBBARD CLARRIDGE, 82, died this morning at her home in Birmingham. Daughter of Alfred and Susanna HIBBARD, born Apr. 14, 1868, south of Libertyville, and married Francis A. CLARRIDGE May 31, 1899. Husband died in Aug. 1944. She taught school... Member Libertyville Methodist Church, later transferring to Bethel Methodist Church.

Survived by a son Mac on the home place; a daughter, Mrs. Frances NELSON of Birmingham; a brother, Chase HIBBARD of Evans, W.Va.; 3 grandchildren, Mrs. Shirley DINGUS and Donald and Maryanna NELSON of Birmingham, also two great-grandchildren. Preceded by husband, her parents, a sister Mrs. Rosella STANSBERRY, a brother John HIBBARD, and brother and sister in infancy.... Catcott Funeral Home. Burial in Fell Cemetery.

[Also posted to the Van Buren County Obituaries board]

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s).

Note: Husband Francis is also buried in Fell Cemetery. Anna's gravestone gives her year of birth as 1869 while her obituary notes 1868.