Sedgwick, Mary E. Mrs. Charles 1916-2010

SEDGWICK, MERRILL, DUNLAP

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/8/2010 at 05:29:16

Sedgwick, Mary
Home Town: Hawarden, Iowa
Deceased Date: Friday, February 19, 2010
Address: Porter Funeral Home
712 10th St Hawarden, IA 51023
Service: Friday, February 26, 2010
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Address: United Methodist Church
803 13th Street Hawarden, Iowa

Obituary: Mary Elizabeth Sedgwick, the ninth child of James and Abbie (Merrill) Dunlap was born in Vermillion, South Dakota on October 5, 1916. She passed away on Friday, February 19, 2010 in Hawarden.
Mary spent her early years in Vermillion, SD graduating from Vermillion High School in 1934. She then attended the University of South Dakota where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. Graduating in 1938 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, she then taught school in South Dakota for two years. She married Charles H. “Bo” Sedgwick, Jr., her college sweetheart, on July 20, 1940. In 1942 Mary returned to Vermillion with her first child, Ann, while Charles served in North Africa and Italy for three years during World War II. Upon his return, they made their residence in Hawarden, Iowa where they were blessed with four more children, Charles, Carol, Bill, and Tom. Mary was a housewife for some years before taking employment at the Hawarden Sales Barn as a clerk and later at the Farmers State Bank as a general clerk/check processor. In 1970 Mary and Bo moved to Florida where they resided for 27 years. Mary was engaged in the banking business into her 70’s as she immensely enjoyed working with numbers and people. She retired in 1987 and moved to Fort Walton Beach for 3 years before moving back to Hawarden in 2000. During her last ten years in Hawarden, she greatly enjoyed church activities, playing bridge in several bridge clubs, and working as a volunteer cashier at the Hawarden Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop. Mary was blessed with many friends and acquaintances during her lifetime. She loved life to the fullest and never wanted to be a burden to anyone. Mary will be greatly missed.
Mary is survived by her children: Charles and Jeanne (Fleming) Sedgwick of St. Paul, MN, Carol (Sedgwick) Norum of Placentia, CA, and Tom and Cheri (Heeren) Sedgwick of Lovington, NM; 8 grandchildren, Michael and Vasilia (Pasalis) Sedgwick, David Sedgwick, Angela Sedgwick, Jennifer (Norum) and Ken Lock, John and Rhiona (Sullivan) Norum, Jim Norum, Bill and Carolyn (Wheelock) Sedgwick, Jeff and Nikki (Bromberg) Sedgwick; 10 great-grandchildren, Aedyn Proulx, John and Kathryn Lock, Zoe and Olivia Sedgwick, Ezekial, Ezra, Zaeda, Zackery, and Ziva Sedgwick; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding Mary in death were her parents; 4 brothers, James, Robert, John, and Rodney; 4 sisters, Anna Maier, Lenette Kramer, Lela Zoost, and Lela’s twin Laura Dunlap; husband “Bo” (1987); daughter, Ann(1971); son William “Bill” (1965); and son-in-law, Richard Norum (1995).
Source: Porter Funeral Home obit