HANSON, Kathryn Weatherwax ca1885-1959

WEATHERWAX, HANSON, TREXLER, STROUSE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/31/2011 at 21:20:37

(c/o DM Scott)

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Former Charles City
Woman Dies at 74

CHARLES CITY, IOWA — Mrs. Kathryn Weatherwax Hanson, 74, formerly of Charles City, died Dec. 25.

Mrs. Hanson, whose husband, Asa Weatherwax, died in 1940, was born in Mason City, lived her childhood in Mitchell and later moved to Charles City.

Funeral services were conducted at Long Beach, California.

Burial was in Green Hills Memorial Park, San Pedro, California.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, January 4, 1960]

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Her maiden name was Kathryn Maria Strouse, the daughter of Lewis and Emma (Trexler) Strouse.
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Asa and Katherine divorced in 1930.

DIVORCE GRANTED TO CHARLES CITY WOMAN

Charles City, Feb. 17 – Judge C. H. Kelley granted a divorce to Mrs. Kathryn Weatherwax from Asa Weatherwax Saturday on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. They were married March 5, 1903 and lived together until September 7, 1927, when he deserted her and went to Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Weatherwax operated the Soda Grill.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, February 17, 1930]

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#4: She died in California:

California Death Index:

Name: Katheryn Maria Hanson
[Katheryn Maria Strouse]
Sex: Female
Birth Date: 18 Jun 1885
Birthplace: Iowa
Death Date: 25 Dec 1959
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Trexler
Father's Surname: Strouse