Obit for HENDREN, Mrs. James (d.1925), Pipestone Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: George William Hendren Sr. ========================================================================= November 17th, 1925 PIONEER WOMAN DIED SUDDENLY AT WOODSTOCK Death of Mrs. James Hendren Occurred Saturday Morning. Funeral Today. Death claimed an old and esteemed resident of Pipestone County Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, when Mrs. James Hendren, mother of Fred Hendren of this city, dropped dead at her home at Woodstock. Though she had been in rather feeble health for sometime, her death came as a sudden shock to relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at St. Martin's church at Woodstock at 8 o'clock this, Tuesday morning, and the burial will be in the Catholic cemetery at that place. Six sons of the deceased, George, James, Walter, Arthur, Fred, and Ernest, will act as pallbearers. The late Mrs. Hendren was born in Indiana, and at the time of her death was 75 years, 1 month and 2 days old. At an early age she moved with her parents to Minnesota, fifty-seven years ago was united in marriage to James Hendren at Wabasha, Minn. They moved to Murray County some fifty years ago and settled on a homestead. For the past forty years Mr. And Mrs. Hendren have made their home in the village of Woodstock. She is survived by her husband, James Hendren, a well known Civil War veteran of this county; also by seven sons and three daughters; George, James, Arthur and Walter, all of Minneapolis; Fred of Pipestone; Earnest of Woodstock; Frank of Wisconsin; Mrs. Fred Waltman, Miles City, Montana; Mrs. P. H. Daniels, Woodstock. All of the children will be present at the funeral. Also surviving are 32 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren; and two sisters and two brothers as follows: Mrs. Jas. Lowe, of Slayton; Mrs. John L. Soules, St. Paul; Jas Sheeran, Slayton; Miles Sheeran, Rainier, Oregon. The Brothers and sisters will attend the funeral, with the exception of the last mentioned, who is in too feeble health to make the long trip.