B. Frank Hedges

HEDGES, MCCREARY, JOHNSON

Posted By: David L. Skipton (email)
Date: 6/9/2010 at 21:40:04

Source: LCHS

B. Frank Hedges, age 85, rural Oakville, died Monday, Mar4ch 13 1995 at the Burlington Medical Center.

The son of Ben and Lola McCreary Hedges, he was born August 28, 1909 at Yarmouth, Iowa. On June 21, 1937 he married Aneita Velma Johnson at Davenport, Iowa; she died November 9, 1990.

He was a graduate of the Huron High School and the Burlington Junior College; he also completed studies at the Von Hoffman Air School in St. Louis, Missouri; during W.W. II he spent time working in Railway Mail Service.

He was a meber of the first United Presbyterian Church of Mediapolis.

He had been county chairman for the Des Moines County Farm Bureau; served as both secretary and treasurer for the Huron High School Board until it consolidated with Mediapolis; was secretary of Number 7 Drainage District; had been a township trustee for 20 years; was past Master of Progress Masonic Lodge #226 and was past Patron of the O.E.S.; was a member of Des Moines County Historical and Genealogical Societies.

He was a farmer, living and farming the place his great-grandfather settled in 1835.

Survivors include 1 son, Frank (Sandy) Hedges of rural Oakville; 3 grandson; 2 great-granddaughters; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and 1 sister.

Funeral services will be held Friday, March 17, 1995 at 10:30 a.m. from the First United Presbyterian Church in Mediapolis, with Rev. Dick Reynolds officiating, with interment in the Hawkeye Cemetery. Friends may call as they desire Thursday at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Mediapolis, where the family will meet with friends from 6:30-8:00 p.m. A memorial has been established for Mediapolis Presbyterian Church.

Music will be provided by Juellen Chiprez, organist, and Nancy Asby, vocalist.

Casket bearers will be Steven Hedges, Jeffrey Hedges, David Hedges, Gerald Janssen, Bob Perdelwitz, and Art Centner.