HEDRICK, Martha W. (Coonradt) 1895-1953

HEDRICK, COONRADT, KOONRADT

Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 6/29/2010 at 08:50:19

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Martha W. (Coonradt) Hedrick
February 22, 1895 Osage
July 14, 1953 Osage

MRS. HARRY HEDRICK,
58, DIES AT OSAGE

Osage---Mrs. Harry Hedrick 58, associated with the Mitchell County Fair Association for the last 25 years, died late Tuesday at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital. She had been ill for several months. She had served as assistant secretary of the fair for the last 10 years.

Born Martha Coonradt February 22, 1895, in Osage to Lester and Estella Coonradt, she was a graduate of Osage High School and the Cedar Valley Seminary. She was married to Harry Hedrick in 1916. They established their first home in Peoria, Ill., and then moved to Des Moines before coming to Osage in 1924

She was active in the Eastern Star and Methodist Church.

[Mason City Globe Gazette Wednesday, July 15, 1953]
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MRS. HARRY HEDRICK,
DIES TUE. AT OSAGE

Mrs. Harry Hedrick, 58, associated with the Mitchell County Fair Association for the last 25 years, died late Tuesday at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital. She had been ill for several months.

She had served as assistant secretary of the fair for the last 10 years.

Born Martha Koonradt February 22, 1895, in Osage to Lester and Estella Koonradt, she was a graduate of Osage High School and the Cedar Valley Seminary. She was married to Harry Hedrick in 1916. They established their first home in Peoria, Illinois, and then moved to Des Moines before coming to Osage in 1924

She was active in the American Legion Auxilliary, Eastern Star and Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband, a brother, Ward Koonradt, and a sister, Mrs. Ben Champion, Charles City.

Funeral services are to be conducted Friday at the Champion funeral home by the Rev. W. B. Waltmire, pastor of the First Methodist church. Interment is to be in the Osage Cemetery.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, Thu., July 16, 1953]

[added by K. Kittleson, 11/2010]