Martha (Bell) Tidrick (1913)

BELL, GEIGER, HUDSON, TIDRICK, WHITE

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 7/24/2007 at 14:17:22

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 8, 1913

MRS. MARTHA TIDRICK DEAD

Aunt Martha Tidrick, widow of Dr. L. M. Tidrick, died at her home in Winterset this morning, after a protracted illness from a complication of infirmities incident to old age.

Mrs. Tidrick was one of the very early settlers of this city and her husband was for many years a leading physician of the county traveling the unbroken roads of a prairie country in the ministrations of his profession.

Mrs. Tidrick, who maiden name was Martha Bell, came to Madison county in 1851. She was a native of Holmes county, Ohio, and was married to Dr. L. M. Tidrick in 1854. The husband died in 1895.

The surviving children are Lee B. and Jos. Tidrick of this place, Mary F. Hudson, deceased, Mrs. Addie White of Portland, Oregon, Charles of Chamberlain, S.D., Mrs. Grace Geiger of Ottawa, Kansas, and Hoyt of Wichita, Kansas.

Funeral services will be conducted from the Presbyterian church Friday afternoon at two oclock.
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Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 8, 1913
Page 1

Death of a Pioneer

Mrs. Martha Tidrick, wife of the late Dr. L. M. Tidrick, died at her home on South 1st avenue this morning at four o’clock, after a long illness.

Mrs. Tidrick was one of the pioneers of Winterset, coming here in 1854, when the town was a village of but a few houses. This has been her home ever since. She has been one of the forceful characters of the community, friend to everybody and by everybody greatly esteemed. The Tidrick home in the days gone by was noted for its hospitality and good cheer. Many are the delightful social gatherings, presided over by the genial and entertaining hostess that can be recalled by our older citizens.

She leaves to mourn her two daughters and four sons, Mrs. Addie White, of Tacoma, Wash.; Lee B. of Winterset; Charles, Chamberlain, S. Da.; Mrs. Grace Geiger and Hoyt, of Kansas, and Joseph of Winterset. The deceased would have been 80 years of age had she lived until next March.

The funeral services will be held at the late residence Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
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Coordinator's note: Buried in the Winterset Cemetery per the cemetery ledger.

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