Obit for HAMMEL, Mary (HUGHES) (b.1873 d.1937), Nicollet Co., MN

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MARY HUGHES HAMMEL

1873-1937

Obituary, Nov 25, 1937, Center, Oliver County, North Dakota newspaper

"MRS. WM. T. HAMMEL PASSES AWAY MONDAY



Death came following several weeks of illness, Monday, Nov 22nd, at 2:30 

P.M., to Mrs. William T. Hammel at her home in Center. Funeral services 

were held Thursday morning at 10:00 o'clock at St. Joseph's Catholic 

Church in Center,  Rev. William Moelter officiating. Burial was made in 

the local cemetery.



Mary Hughes Hammel was born February 22nd, 1873 at LeSueur, Minn., and 

was married February 6th, 1893 at St. Peter, Minn., to William T. Hammel. 

They came to Oliver county in the early days and lived the balance of 

their lives here. Mr. Hammel passed away April 27th, 1937.

	

Thirteen children were born to the union, all of whom survive both their 

parents. They are: Thomas and Clifford, Fairview, Mont.; Terrance, 

Medicine Lake, Mont.; Leo, Francis and Robert, Langdon, N.Dak.; Raymond, 

Mandan, N.Dak.; Mrs. D.F. Case, Cannon Falls, Minn.; Mrs. Dick Dressen, 

Marshall, Minn.; Mrs. Gladys Anderson, Mrs. Schumsky, Mrs. Earl Light and 

Miss Murial, all of Center. Mrs. Hammel is also survived by six sisters, 

Mrs. Ernie Wick, Cumberland, Wis.; Miss Elizabeth Hughes, Mankato, Minn.; 

Mrs. Tom Kiley, Minneapolis, Minn.; Miss Catherine Hughes, LeSueur, 

Minn.; Mrs. A.H. Louden, Bathgate, N. Dak.; and Mrs. C.P. Rice, 

Breckenridge, Minn.; and three brothers, James Hughes, LeSueur, Minn.; 

and George and Jay Hughes, Mankato, Minn.



For the past 15 years, Mrs. Hammel has been confined to a wheel chair, 

following an attack of rheumatism which crippled her in such a way as to 

make it impossible for her to walk. At different times she has been 

confined to her bed, but at no time did she ever complain. The 

exemplification of all that is patient and cheerful, she accepted her lot 

with resignation and welcomed her family and friends to her home with a 

grace which befitted a well woman. During the years that she was rearing 

her family and when she was able to be about, no stranger was turned from 

her door and all were welcome to the hospitality of her home. The life of 

a woman like Mrs.Hammel, who lived it as she did, many times in pain, no 

doubt, of which she never spoke, puts before the living, an example of 

endurance and patience which is seldom found and which must be extolled 

to the place of highest things.



To the surviving children, the entire community offers sympathy in the 

loss of their mother, who remained a devoted mother through extreme 

handicap and physical suffering."



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