OBITUARY: Maurine Adelia Hudson, 1908-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Original version posted on www.mcpress.com, Oct. 5, 2005]





                          Maurine Adelia Hudson

Memorial services for Maurine Adelia Hudson, 97, of Osage, Iowa, were held
on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, in Osage,
with the Rev. Robert Melhorn officiating.

Inurnment was in the Osage Cemetery.  Maurine died Saturday, October 1,
2005, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage.

Maurine was born May 2, 1908, the daughter of Ray E. and Mary (Burtch)
Hudson. She grew up in Burr Oak Township, northeast of Osage, and attended
May School, a rural school near her home. She graduated from Osage High
School in 1926 and from Grinnell College in 1932. For further study,
Maurine attended the University of Iowa, Marycrest College (Davenport)
and the University of Chicago. 43 years of her life were spent as a
classroom teacher. Miss Hudson taught in Mitchell County rural schools
(Burr Oak Township), in Baxter, in New Hampton, at J.B. Young Junior High
School in Davenport, Iowa (25 years), and Osage Community Schools.

Maurine was a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood for 69 years. She also was a
member of Delta Kappa Gamma, honorary teachers' sorority, and she was a
life member of Iowa State Teachers' Association. She enjoyed reading,
poetry, nature, and recalling happenings from bygone days.

She was preceded in death by  her father, Ray E. Hudson, in 1961; her
mother, Mary B. Hudson, in 1980; an infant brother, Hubert; and her
brother, Eugene Hudson, in 1993.

Maurine is survived by Burtch, Markham, and Hudson cousins.

Arrangments are by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, Iowa (641)732-3706.



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