Joe Tidrick (1930)

TIDRICK, GEIGER

Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 4/14/2007 at 21:59:41

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 17, 1930
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Death of Joe Tidrick

Joe Tidrick, a lifelong resident of Winterset, died at his room in the Wilson hotel, Thursday afternoon, July 10th, after a short illness. Mr. Tidrick, who was 57 years of age, was a son of the late Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Tidrick. He was graduated from the local high school and from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania. He practiced law here for many years and for a time was in partnership with John A. Guiher.

He never married, but lived with his mother until her death in 1913. For many years he had a room at the Ray Grout home, and recently had been at the hotel.

The Rev. Paul Main Fowler conducted his funeral services Saturday, July 12th, at 4 o’clock, at Tidrick’s funeral home, and burial was in the Winterset cemetery.

He leaves three brothers and a sister, Lee Tidrick, of Winterset; C. C. Tidrick, of Chamberlain, South Dakota; Hoyt Tidrick, of Ottawa, Kansas, and Mrs. Grace Geiger, of Ottawa, Kansas.

More details of his life may be found in the mortuary column.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 17, 1930
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Joe Tidrick

Joe, the youngest son of Dr. L. M. and Martha Tidrick, was born in Winterset on October 11, 1872, and passed away in Winterset on July 10, 1930, aged fifty-seven years.

As a boy he was so bright and genial that everyone loved him; as a lad he was extremely active and venturesome, and he passed through a series of accidents which it seemed no ordinary lad could have survived.

In school he was brilliant, resourceful, and universally loved; he graduated from the Winterset high school in the class of 1890, and afterwards attended the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar in 1897.

Joe soon became known as a brilliant young attorney. For a time he was in partnership with Jno. A. Guiher; he built up a considerable clientele of his own, but for many years he remained in the Guiher office, taking care of his own business, and assisting in that of his employers. In recent years he had his office with S. A. Hays, where he remained until within the last few months.

For many years he was a member of the lodge of Knights of Pythias in Winterset, and had held some of the chairs.

Joe never married; for many years he made his home with his mother, who died in 1913. He is survived by his brothers, Lee, of Winterset; C. C., of Chamberlain, South Dakota, and Hoyt, of Ottawa, Kansas, and a sister, Mrs. Grace Geiger, of Ottawa, Kansas, besides a number of other relatives and many friends.