Obituary for Sophia (Mrs. John) HECHT 1829-1914

Submitted by Tammy Wild < wildventures@adweb.net> to the USGenWeb Project
Archives on June 6, 1998.

**This obituary was found in the Bible of Sophia HAMANN (Mrs. John) COOK
(my GGG Aunt),of West Grove. Not sure if Sophia HECHT is some how related
or not??**
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MRS. JOHN HECHT DIES

Mrs. John Hecht died at her home in West Grove [Davis Co] Monday morning,
Dec. 30, 1914, at 2:30 from stomach trouble.  She was 84 yrs, 11 mos. and
24 days old.

Funeral services were conducted at the Cumberland Presbyterian church at
West Grove at 11 o'clock Friday morning by Rev. H.C. SHARP.  Interment was
made in the West Grove cemetary.

The pall bearers were Messrs. Caleb HUNT, Milton HARRIS, Jno. FRYE, Jas.
FRYE, Ed FULK, Lewis STOGDILL.

Mrs. Sophia Louise Elizabeth HECHT of West Grove, was born in Germany Jan.
5, 1829.  She was united in marriage to J.C. HECHT in 1853, comming to the
USA in 1870, stopping a short time in the state of Ohio, locating in Davis
county, Ia.  In 1896 the family moved to West Grove where they have
continuously resided.  Fourteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. HECHT,
four girls and ten boys, twelve preceding the mother to the spirit world.
The two, with their father surviving, J.W. HECHT of King City, MO and Henry
HECHT of near Bloomfield, Iowa.

Early in life Mrs. HECHT became a member of the Lutheran church never
changing her church relationship.  She loved her bible making it her daily
study.  West Grove loses a good woman in the death of Mrs. HECHT.
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Tammy Wild       wildventures@adweb.net
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/i/l/Tammy-Wild/

Davis Co IA families searching:  GOLDENSTEADT, BRUDERS, DANIEL, BURGHER,
HANSEN, JOHNSON, SCHERER, HAMANN, WYMANN, MOORE

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