Edward L. Mendenhall (1931)

HUDSON, KOSER, MENDENHALL

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Date: 12/5/2015 at 22:33:40

The Winterset Madisonian
Thursday, June 11, 1931
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DEATH OF ED MENDENHALL

Mrs. Sam Koser received word Tuesday of the death of her brother Ed Mendenhall. Mr. Mendenhall passed away Monday evening following an operation. Mrs. Koser left Wednesday accompanied by Mrs. Fred Hudson, who is also a sister of Mr. Mendenhall. Mr. Mendenhall died at a hospital at Kansas City.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, June 18, 1931
Page 1, column 2

ED MENDENHALL DIES AFTER OPERATION

Edward Mendenhall, a foreman of this paper from 1883 to 1887 when major Palmer owned it, died June 8 in a hospital in Kansas City during an operation. He was a brother of Mrs. Sam Koser of Winterset, and Mrs. Fred Hudson of Union township. He was sixty-seven years old.

Ed learned the printing trade as a boy in The News office under his brother Harvey, who was then foreman. He was foreman of The News several years going to Pierce, Nebraska, where he was foreman of The Times published then by Arthur Goshorn. He finally landed in Kansas City where he became owner of a job printing establishment that he developed into one of the largest printing concerns of that city, printing legal work only.

As a boy he was popular in Winterset where he grew up. He was a capable, artistic printer and liked his work. He was regarded in Kansas City as one of the city’s influential and leading citizens.