Hughes, John Sherman 1875-1951

HUGHES, MARTIN, HODGE

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 9/30/2020 at 09:27:32

The Sioux City Journal
August 16, 1951

John Sherman Hughes, 76, died Tuesday at a Sioux City nursing home. He previously had been living with his daughter, Mrs. Emil Bruscher of Sioux City.

Mr. Hughes was born March 28, 1875, at Galena, Ill. He married Jesse Martin in 1898 in Sioux City. He married Ida M. Hodge in 1923. He farmed in and around LeMars, Ia., many years.

Survivors include his daughter; a brother, George of Haxtun, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. Henrickson of Alhambra, Cal., and Mrs. Alice Casler of Hawarden, Ia.; and five grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the Mauer Funeral Home at LeMars. Burial will be in an Akron, Ia., cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Fred Anderson, Fred Hirt, Jake Foreman, Al Weiner, Sammy Heidenschield and Leo Guntern, all of LeMars.