Mary E. Hochstetler (1945)
CALLISON, DAVIES, HOCHSTETLER
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 1/16/2006 at 15:39:49
The Winterset News
May 30, 1945
Page 6Mary Hochstetler Buried at Dexter
Former Resident of Penn Township Died May 17 at Sinton, Tex.
Mary E. Hochstetler, member of a prominent Penn township family, died at her home in Sinton, Tex., May 17. She was 71 years of age.
Miss Hochstetler was the daughter of Jacob and Hilpah Hochstetler, and was born in Penn township of this county on April 10, 1874.
She received her early education in the public schools of Penn township, and taught rural school in Madison and adjoining counties for several years. After that she attended Iowa State Teachers' college at Cedar Falls, graduating with the class of 1899.
After spending five years as a teacher in the school at Lohrville and Hamburg, Ia., and Hot Springs, S. Dak., she returned to college, taking her master's degree from the University of Iowa, in 1908, following three years of studies there.
After teaching a year at Blackwell, Okla., she entered the Moody Institute of Chicago, for the purpose of qualifying for foreign missionary work. Two years later her health failed and she was forced to give up her career. She went to Sinton to make a home for her father, caring for him for 20 years, and since his death she had remained there.
She is survived by two brothers, Charles and Everett Hochstetler of Dexter; and two sisters, Mrs. S. Callison of Cresco, and Mrs. Lulu Davies of Tacoma, Wash.
Funeral services were held May 21 from the Dexter Methodist church, and burial was made at the cemetery there.
________________________Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, May 24, 1945Mary E. Hochstetler, daughter of Jacobson M. and Hilpah E. Hochstetler was born April 10, 1874 on the old homestead in Penn township, Madison county, Iowa, and passed away in her home in Sinton, Texas, May 17, 1945 at the age of seventy-one years, one month and seven days.
Her education began in the public schools of Penn township. These she attended until qualified to teach in the rural schools. She taught for a number of years in the Madison county and adjoining schools. She attended the Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls, graduating in the class of 1899. The following two years were spent in the public schools of Lohrville, then one year at Hamburg and two years in Hot Springs, South Dakota. She then attended the Graduate College three years at the University of Iowa and received her Masters degree in 1908. After one year spent in the schools of Blackwell, Oklahoma, she entered the Moody Institute of Chicago, Illinois, with the goal of qualifying for Foreign Missionary work. Two years were spent here in Social Service work and tutoring in their schools, but her health failed, she was unable to pass the required physical examination and returned to her home. The next twenty years Mary cared for and made a home for her aging father in Sinton, Texas.
Mary leaves to mourn her passing two brothers, Charles H. and Everett E. of Dexter, two sisters, Mrs. S. Callison of Cresco, Iowa, and Mrs. Lulu L. Davies, Tacoma, Washington, nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
When fourteen years of age Mary gave her heart to God and for sixty years was a member of the Methodist church. As long as she was able, Mary took an active part in all its activities.
________________________Transcriber’s note: Typed as printed in the Earlham Echo. Her father’s name was Jacob M. Hochstetler.
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