HERRING, Flora C. 1866 - 1950

HERRING, HENDRICKS, CHESTER, TROWBRIDGE

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/1/2024 at 19:35:31

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Wednesday, February 1, 1950
Page FIVE, Column 4

DEATH CLAIMS MRS. HERRING

Death came this morning to a well known Fairfield resident and widow of a former local merchant. She is Mrs. C. A. HERRING who passed away at the Jefferson county hospital at 9:15 a.m.

Mrs. HERRING has been in failing health for some time, and seriously ill for the past eight weeks.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the family home, 302 W. Broadway. Rev. S. P. Williamson and Dr. L. L. Weis will be in charge, with arrangemets under the direction of the Monger funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. Relatives have asked that flowers be omitted.

Flora C. HERRING, 83, was born April 1, 1866, in Fairfield, the daughter of the late S. J. and Olive HENDRICKS CHESTER. She was reared in this community and attended the Fairfield public schools and Iowa State Teachers college at Cedar Falls.

She was united in marriage on September 27, 1893, to Charles A. HERRING, who for several years was a prominent grocer in Fairfield. He passed away in 1944.

Mrs. HERRING achieved the highest honors in the P.E.O. organization. She had served a supreme president of P.E.O., also served as state president, and was a long-time member and past president of Chapter C, P.E.O.

At the time of her death Mrs. HERRING was the oldest living supreme president in the United States, and during the past several years she had been honored on several special occasions by the organization.

Mrs. HERRING is survived by one sister, Mrs. C. W. TROWBRIDGE, Fairfield.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, March 7, 1950
Page Two, Column 6

Pay Special Tribute To Mrs. C. HERRING At PEO Business Meeting

The annual business meeting of Chapter C, P.E.O. last evening at McElhinny house was featured by an impressive memorial to the late Mrs. Charles HERRING.

The tribute, immediately following the 6:30 o'clock dinner, was given by Mrs. Wilson Reed on behalf of Mrs. HERRING's sister, Mrs. Daisy TROWBRIDGE. Mrs. Reed is a namesake of Mrs. HERRING, and her parents and Mrs. HERRING's parents were friends of long standing. Mrs. Reed paid tribute to the outstanding P.E.O. Sisterhood activities of Mrs. HERRING who served not only as president of Chapter C but was president of Iowa; and a past supreme president. The gift, presented to the chapter by Mrs. TROWBRIDGE as a memorial to her sister, was a seven-piece matched silver service which had been a wedding present to Mr. and Mrs. HERRING from her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simpson Joseph CHESTER 56 years ago.

The coffee and tea service, complete with silver tray, rested on a special table centered with a jonquil and acacia bouquet in keeping with the chapter colors, yellow and white. The tray will be properly inscribed. Mrs. K. G. Cook, 1949-50 president, accepted the gift on behalf of the chapter.

During the business session the following officers for 1950-51 were elected and installed, Mrs. Cook acting as installing officer; president, Mrs. Ben J. Taylor; vice president, Mrs. Claude Musselman; corresponding secretary, Mrs. H. L. Sellers; recording secretary, Mrs. John Stevens; treasurer, Florence Light; chaplain, Mrs. Wayne Klepinger; and guard, Anna Wheatley (reelection). Mrs. Lyman Evans is retiring treasurer; and Mrs. Tom Shearer, retiring chaplain. Other officers were advanced in rotation.

The year book committee: Mesdames S. P,. Williamson, James Russell, and C. R. Reynolds, are planning to have the calendar ready for distribution at the session opening the new year, March 20. Committees will also be announced by the new president at that time.

Guests for the occasion were Mrs. Gordon Keswick (nee Joy Bangs) of New Jersey, a former member of Chapter C; and the following from HA: Mesdames Wilson Reed, Vern S. Samuelson, and John Montgomery, and Lydia Montgomery.

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Note: Buried in Lot Old.P.188 with husband Charles.