HENDRICKS, Elbert Ketchum 1903-1962

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HENDRICKS, Elbert Ketchum 1903-1962

HENDRICKS, NIGHTWRONGER, MCINTYRE

Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 11/10/2011 at 12:59:14

E. K. Hendricks, Riceville
Mayor for 12½ years, dies
RICEVILLE, IOWA — Elbert K. Hendricks, 59, Riceville mayor the last 12 years, died late Sunday morning. He had been at the Herring Memorial Golf Course watching a tournament when he complained of feeling ill. He was taken home and death came before he could be taken to the hospital. The medical examiner had not determined the cause of his death.
Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church here. Masonic rites will be held at Riverside Cemetery. Bradley-Chisholm Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A third-generation Riceville banker, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Hendricks. He was born May 27, 1903, at Riceville. He attended Riceville High School and Culver Military Academy before entering the University of Iowa, Iowa City, where he was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. He received his law degree in 1929 and was associated in law business with his father until 1936.
Mr. Hendricks served Riceville as city attorney, was a councilman four years, and a school board member several years. He was president of the First National Bank at Riceville and last April became the director of Upper Iowa University at Fayette.
In World War II he entered the Army as a captain and was discharged four years later with the rank of Major. At the time of his death he was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves.
A member of Roy Gue Post 244 of the American Legion, he was also a past master of the Masonic Relief Lodge 211, belonged to the Order of Eastern Star, Consistory, El Kahir Shrine and Commandery of Cedar Rapids, and was a life member of the Culver Legion of Culver, Indiana.
Mr. Hendricks belonged to the Mitchell County and Iowa State Bar Associations and the Mitchell County and Iowa State Bankers Associations. He was a member of the Riceville Community Club, the Riceville Country Club and the Methodist Church.
Mr. Hendricks and his sister. Mrs. Alice Mcintyre Chapman, contributed the 120 acre site north of Riceville where Lake Hendricks Park has been developed as a memorial to their father.
Surviving are his wife, the former Mildred N. Nightwronger to whom he was married December 20, 1949; his mother, Ethel, Riceville; his sister, Mrs. Chapman, Pinedale, Wyoming; two nephews, and uncle and three aunts.
[Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, August 6, 1962]
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NOTES:
DM Scott says his middle name as Ketchum.
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Photo of Elbert is from MITCHELL COUNTY HISTORY, 1989.

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Obituary: E. K. Hendricks, Riceville Mayor for 12½ years, dies RICEVILLE, IOWA — Elbert K. Hendricks, 59, Riceville mayor the last 12 years, died late Sunday morning. He had been at the Herring Memorial Golf Course watching a tournament when he complained of feeling ill. He was taken home and death came before he could be taken to the hospital. The medical examiner had not determined the cause of his death. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church here. Masonic rites will be held at Riverside Cemetery. Bradley-Chisholm Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. A third-generation Riceville banker, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Hendricks. He was born May 27, 1903, at Riceville. He attended Riceville High School and Culver Military Academy before entering the University of Iowa, Iowa City, where he was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. He received his law degree in 1929 and was associated in law business with his father until 1936. Mr. Hendricks served Riceville as city attorney, was a councilman four years, and a school board member several years. He was president of the First National Bank at Riceville and last April became the director of Upper Iowa University at Fayette. In World War II he entered the Army as a captain and was discharged four years later with the rank of Major. At the time of his death he was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves. A member of Roy Gue Post 244 of the American Legion, he was also a past master of the Masonic Relief Lodge 211, belonged to the Order of Eastern Star, Consistory, El Kahir Shrine and Commandery of Cedar Rapids, and was a life member of the Culver Legion of Culver, Indiana. Mr. Hendricks belonged to the Mitchell County and Iowa State Bar Associations and the Mitchell County and Iowa State Bankers Associations. He was a member of the Riceville Community Club, the Riceville Country Club and the Methodist Church. Mr. Hendricks and his sister. Mrs. Alice Mcintyre Chapman, contributed the 120 acre site north of Riceville where Lake Hendricks Park has been developed as a memorial to their father. Surviving are his wife, the former Mildred N. Nightwronger to whom he was married December 20, 1949; his mother, Ethel, Riceville; his sister, Mrs. Chapman, Pinedale, Wyoming; two nephews, and uncle and three aunts. [Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, August 6, 1962] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: DM Scott says his middle name as Ketchum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Photo of Elbert is from MITCHELL COUNTY HISTORY, 1989.
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