Null, Edith (Mrs. Dr. Fredrick F.) 1880-1950

NULL, EMEPY

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Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:37

Null, Edith L. nee’ Emepy born 1880 died 1950, mother, buried Grace Hill Cemetery Hawarden IA
Hawarden Independent May 25, 1950

Mrs. F. F. Null Dies At Hospital In Hawarden
Funeral Services to Be Held Friday for Wife of Prominent Physician
Mrs. P. F. Null, 67, a resident of Hawarden 27 years, died early Tuesday morning at the Hawarden hospital. Mrs. Null had suffered from a heart ailment for some time and since last January her condition had been serious. She was in the hospital the, first of the year and later returned home. Her last hospitalization was for three weeks. Dr. Null and E. T. Dunlap went to Lake Ponto, Minn., Saturday on a fishing trip. When word reached Dr. Null of the death, of his wife, Mrs. Hobart Null accompanied him and Mr. Dunlap to Hawarden.

Services Friday Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Associated church, with Rev. T. A. Mansen in charge. Interment will be in Grace Hill cemetery under the direction of the Barnard Funeral service. Mrs. Null was a prominent leader in church, fraternal and social circles. She was a past worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Star, and a member of the P. E. 0., Mutual Improvement club, Rebekah lodge, Royal Neighbors, and Woman's club. The past year she served as P. E. 0. president. She was also a past president of the M. I, C. and the Woman's club. At one time she was a member of the Iowa board of Federated Women's clubs. When Hawarden had a Parent-Teacher association, she was one of the leaders.

Earlier in her life, when she lived in Ireton, she was active in the Women's Relief Corps. Active in Church Phillip Embray, an ancestor, was the founder of the" John Street Methodist chapel in New York City and she was reared in this faith. After coming to Hawarden she transferred her membership from the

Presbyterian church in Ireton to the Associated church. At various times she served as organist here and while at Ireton was choir director. She was a member of the Ladies Aid and Entre Nous club in the Associated church.

Edith Louella Empey, daughter of John and Clara Emp6y, was !)om at Napanee, Canada. She came to Woodbury county, Iowa with her parents when 7 and attended school at Battle Creek. After the death of her father, who was a Civil War veteran, the family moved to Sioux City and she attended Morningside college. She was a graduate of the Morningside Conservatory of Music and she also studied in the Conservatory of Music at Northwestern University in Chicago. Married in 1904.

On September 7, 1904, she married Frederick F. Null, while he was still a student at the Sioux City medical school. After her husband completed his medical schooling they moved to Sloan where Dr. Null practiced about six months. In 1908 they moved to Struble and in 1910 to Ireton where they lived 13 years. They came to Hawarden in 1923.

She is survived by the widower, Dr. Null; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Gregory of Galveston, Texas; three sons, Hobart of Backus, Minn., and Frederick, Jr, and Raymond of Franklin Park, IL; one brother, Bruce Empey of Junction City, Ore., and 8 grandchildren.