Anna Louise (Edler) Hitchings (1879-1973)

EDLER, HITCHINGS, HELGESON, VAIL, SANDROCK

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 1/30/2014 at 18:56:16

From Nevada Journal June 12, 1973

MRS. ANNA L. HITCHINGS

A former Nevada resident, Mrs. Anna L. Hitchings, 93, died this morning at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Zearing where she had been for the past two months.

Born Aug. 6, 1879, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of Fred and Dora Edler.

She is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Bessie Helgeson of White River, So. Dakota; Mrs. Florence Vail of Nevada and Mrs. Vera Sandrock of Nevada; five sons: Ralph of McCallsburg, Russell of Marshalltown, Marion of Zearing, Earl of Nevada and Lyle of Nevada; 21 grandchildren, 61 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild, and a brother Arnold Edler of Minneapolis.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Bert, who died in 1942.

Funeral services will be held from the Ryan Funeral Home Friday at 1:30 p.m., with Rev. Robert Baker officiating. Burial will be in the Nevada Cemetery.