Hughes - Helen Wait
HUGHES, Helen Wait
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 18 Feb 1967 p 5
THORNTOWN—Funeral services were held for Mrs. Claude Hughes, 70, Tuesday at Gessie near Covington. Mrs. Hughes, well known in Thorntown, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Wait and a sister of the late Don Wait. Mrs. Hughes died following an emergency operation in Sarasota, Fla., where she was spending the winter. She had been a schoolteacher for 40 years and had retired only recently. Mr. Hughes preceded her in death a year and a half before. Funeral services were held at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home in Covington. Burial was in Danville, Ill. -- typed by Walt W
Source: The obituary is from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, saved the 1950's, 60's and 70's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Gessie, Ind.-- Mrs. Helen Wait Hughes, 69, of Gessie, a Commercial-News correspondent for 39 years, died at 1 p.m. yesterday (Feb. 12, 1967) in Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla. where she had been a patient one day. She had been vacationing in Florida the past three weeks. Born Aug. 4, 1897 in Vermilion County, Ill., the daughter of Grant and Susie Smith Wait, she was married to Claude Hughes on Sept. 20, 1928. He preceded her in death on Aug. 27, 1965. Surviving are a brother, Smith Wait of Danville Route 5, and six nieces and nephews. She also was preceded in death by a brother and a sister. Mrs. Hughes contributed all the income she received as a correspondent to the Gessie EUB Church of which she was a member. She was also a member of its Ladies Aid Society, the Jessamine Club, Evergreen Camp, Royal Neighbors at Gessie, Perrysville Chapter No. 302 OES, and Indiana State Teachers Association. She attended Wait School and was graduated from Danville High in 1914. Mrs. Hughes also attended Illinois State Normal and was a graduate of the University of Illinois. She taught in several rural schools in Vermilion County, Ill., Vermillion County, Ind. and in Montana. She retired from teaching in 1960. Services will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home in Covington, Ind., with the Rev. Ed Armstrong officiating. Burial will be in Atherton Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Tuesday. -- typed by Walt W