DODGE, Kate (Hoisington) 1861-1946

DODGE, HOISINGTON, BROOKINS, SMITH

Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 4/28/2010 at 13:48:07

PIONEER WOMAN DIES AT OSAGE

Mrs. Sumner Dodge, 85, Succumbs at Hospital.

OSAGE, IOWA - Kate Hoisington Dodge, Mitchell county pioneer, died Wednesday afternoon at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements were incomplete pending word from relatives at a distance. She was a member of the Osage Methodist church.

Kate Hoisington, daughter of Jerome and Nancy Hoisington, was born July 9, 1861, on a farm southeast of Osage. There she attended the local schools, and taught for a number of terms. She married Sumner Dodge, and the couple established their first home on a farm near Osage where they lived until their retirement to Osage. Mr. Dodge precede her in death.

Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Sumner Dodge made her home with her 2 daughters,.

Survivors include her daughters, Mrs. A. T. Brookins and Mrs Merle Smith, both of Osage; three sons, John Dodge, Orchard, Raymond Dodge, Minneapolis, and Howard Dodge, Mason City.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday, August 15, 1946]