Herrick, Maude (Carney) 1895 - 1955

HERRICK, CARNEY, OLSON, CHAMPENY, KIRCHMEYER, RUGLAND, PEYER, MESSERSMITH, WELLS, MILLER, STONE, COSTIGAN, EATON, GIESER, VERCHOTA, GRIER, ECKLEY, RIDDLE, KERSSEN, LEACH, WENTHE, CONNET, SHINGELDECKER, PARKS, PIFER, SHAPLEY, DAVIS

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 12/27/2024 at 07:46:30

Clayton County Register, 05 May 1955.

Mrs. Maude Carney Herrick, second daughter of Sarah Olson Carney and William Carney, was born Sept. 13, 1895, at St. Olaf and died at her home Friday, April 22.

At an early age she was baptized and confirmed in the Norway church. She attended schools in St. Olaf, Prairie du Chien and Fredericksburg, and taught school for a time in Chickasaw county.

On Sept. 24, 1914, she was married to Harry M. Herrick of Fredericksburg. They made their home there for a time, later spent several years in Illinois, and in 1946 returned to St. Olaf, where they have since made their home.

She is survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. Carney, three daughters: Saradel, Mrs. Ernest Champeny of Lake Geneva, Wis.; Dorothy, Mrs. Fred Kirchmeyer of Waukegan, Ill.; Billie, Mrs. Walter Rugland of St. Olaf; nine grandchildren and eight nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by an infant son, John David, her father, William Carney, a sister, Mabel, and a brother, Dewey.

Services were held at the home of Mrs. Herrick's mother, Mrs. Sarah Carney, in St. Olaf, and at the Norway church with Pastor S. J. Strandjord officiating. The Rev. L. H. Messersmith of Milburn, Ill., Mrs. Herrick's former pastor, also spoke at the services. Pallbearers were Clarence Anderson, Harrison Wold, Roy Wm. Engelhardt, Otto Bankes, John Rugland and Eric Anderson. Honorary pallbearers were: Floyd Orvis and Ralph Barnum. Mrs. Don Wold, Mrs. Harvey Busch, Mrs. Otto Bankes and Mrs. Dean Orvis were in charge of flowers.

Relatives attending from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kirchmeyer and family, Waukegan, Ill.; Mrs. Ernest Champeny and Family, Geneva, Wis.; Mrs. Orabelle Carney, Chicago, Ill.; the Rev. L. H. Messersmith, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Peyer, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wells, and Mrs. Beatrice Anderson, Milburn, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Miller, Oregon, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Vallie Stone, Mr. and Mrs. James Costigan, Lawler.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Eaton, Mr. and Mrs. Laler Gieser, Mrs. Adolph Verchota, Austin, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grier, Worthington, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Olson, Arnolds Park; Mrs. May Olson, Spencer; Mrs. Fred Eckley, Terrill; Miss Daisy Riddle, Charles City; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Herrick, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kerssen, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leach and Rollis, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Wenthe, and Mrs. Ben Herrick, Fredericksburg; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Connet, Cedar Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shingeldecker, Edgewood; Mrs. Lloyd Parks, Mrs. Maurice Pifer, Mrs. Frank Shapley, Winona, Ill.; and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis, Dubuque.