CUDDY, Milton Hieskell 1859 - 1934

CUDDY, BAKER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/26/2021 at 22:06:34

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Thursday, June 7, 1934
Front Page, Column 2

M. H. CUDDY IS CALLED AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Former Prominent Fairfield Clothier Rites to Be Frday

M. H. CUDDY, past 76 years of age, passed away at his home in Fairfield, Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock. He had been an invalid since a fall and injury to his hip two years ago, and had been in failing health since February 8, 1930, when he suffered a stroke of appoplexy (sic).

Mr. CUDDY was born in Washington, Va., in 1858 (sic - 1859), and came with his parents to Abingdon, Ia., where relatives had preceded them, when a young lad of 17.

Mr. CUDDY, was very well known as a friendly, public spirited business man, having been in the clothing business in Fairfield for almost forty years, and numbering his friends in Jefferson county by the score. He was a genial host, many relatives and friends hist (sic), many relatives and friends finding this home a place of pleasure and refuge.

Mr. CUDDY was first connected with the dry goods firm of Risk & Hufstedler, coming to this position from the farm near Abingdon and was later connected with William Harris in the clothing business in Fairfield. He was in business in the Beck building on the northwest corner of the square when he retired in 1927.

He is survived by his wife and one son, William, a brother, T. D. CUDDY of Hedrick, Iowa, who were with him at the time of his death.

Funeral services will be held from the Campbell Funeral Home at 2:30 p.m. Friday, with Rev. U. S. Smith in charge.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Thursday, June 7, 1934
Page FIVE, Column 1

Locals

...--Mrs. George HEPBURN of Des Moines will come today to be with her sister Mrs. M. H. CUDDY, and to attend the funeral of Mr. CUDDY, which will be held Friday at 2:30 at the Campbell Funeral Home.

--T. D. CUDDY and Robert CUDDY of Hedrick were called to Fairfield, Wednesday morning, by the serious illness and death of the former's brother M. H. CUDDY, and Robert CUDDY, a nephew.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Friday, June 8, 1934
Page FOUR, Columns 2 and 3

OTHER MEN'S OPINIONS
TRIBUTE TO M. H. CUDDY

The following tribute to the late M. H. CUDDY, by H. F. McDougal, appeared in The Daily Ledger April 20, 1928:

Fairfield business interests are going to miss M. H. CUDDY, who yesterday retired from active business life after thirty-seven years of close identity with every progressive movement in the community.

For Mr. CUDDY always has been for his city, through thick and thin and success and discouragement he has believed that Fairfield could do anything its leading citizens set their hands to do, and he never was afraid to take a chance and to accept opportunity. And if there was some hard work to be done with a subscription paper, he was right on the firing line with persuasive talk and an inviting dotted line."

"Now, let's see. If we can get Milt CUDDY interested, it will go over." That was one of the first statement to impress the writer of this column when he came to the city seven years ago and began to attend public meetings. And if it was some worthy cause, or held promise of advancement for Fairfield, Mr. CUDDY always could be interested, until finally he hardly had finished up one campaign until he was met by a delegation of citizens asking him to help in another.

Arthur E. Stilwell, builder of the Kansas City Southern railway, once started out to sell stock in one of his companies on the basis of a bonus. He was a flat failure, he said in a recent magazine article, until he went back to his board of directors, called the arrangement off and started out on a par with the rest of the stockholders. Mr. CUDDY never made Stilwell's mistake. His name was the first one on his own list. He never asked a man to espouse a cause or make a contribution to anything that he himself did not espouse or contribute to.

And so nearly every project in Fairfield has come of Mr. CUDDY's money in it, either in the form of a contribution or stock subscription. He, together with Henry C. Alston, was responsible for the inception of the Iowa Malleable Iron company. They spent weeks with a subscription paper in their hand.

The Fairfield band is a monument to Mr. CUDDY's devotion to its financing. He for a quarter of a century was on the committee in season and out. He believed the band was a good thing for Fairfield, and he inspired everybody else with that belief.

No fourth of July celebration for years even was promoted without his cheerful and efficient help, and Old Settler's Day likewise made its success through his co-operation.

When time came to build the armory his time and money went into the enterprise. He was one of the founders of the Building & Loan association. He is an original Retail Merchants association member.

The list is a long one, and when it is complete, nearly every item will bear the imprint in some measure of his local pride and community loyalty.

E. W. Howe, the Sage of Potato Hill, always contends that a man's greatest contribution to his community lies in his activities in his own business. A progressive store, dependable goods, efficient service, dependability--all these, he says, are of first value. They are consistent and fundamental contributions to community progress and stability. Mr. CUDDY does not fall short in these respects. His business establishment is widely and favoraby known. He served his community well in merchandising.

And so the name of CUDDY will continue long after the hundreds of signboards over the country proclaiming his business fade into illegibility.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Saturday, June 9, 1934
Front Page, Column 7

CUDDY RITES HELD FRIDAY
Well-known Fairfield Man Laid to Rest in Evergreen Cemetery

The last rites for Milton H. CUDDY held at the Campbell Funeral home Friday conducted by Rev. U. S. Smith were impressive. A large number of friends were present and many lovely flowers were banked about the casket. Mrs. May Neibert and Miss Cora Ball sang and Mrs. E. G. Linder presided at the piano.

The pall bearers were E. G. Linder, Jas. Simmons, Dr. E. C. Bock, Wm. C. Smith, Harry Crow and Ray Maxwell. The interment was in the family lot in Evergreen cemetery. Relatives and friends from away were: Mrs. and Mrs. T. D. CUDDY of Hedrick, Mr. and Orville CUDDY of Cedar Rapids, Oscar CUDDY of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. John Patterson of Des Moines, Miss Helen CUDDY of Des Moines, Mrs. Clyde Porter of Ottumwa, Robert CUDDY of Hedrick, Mrs. Florence Hook of Woolson, Mrs. Geo. HEPBURN of Des Moines, S. S. Barker of Ottumwa and Miss Margaret CUDDY of Hedrick.

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Note: Buried in Lot Old.P.335. Wife Luella C. BAKER CUDDY died in 1952 and is buried with him.