Hugh Dewaine Mathews
1908 - 1981 (72 years)
Generation: 1
1. Hugh Dewaine Mathews was born on 13 Dec 1908 in Mount Union, Henry County, Iowa; died on 28 May 1981 in Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa; was buried in Trinity Cemetery, Mount Union, Henry County, Iowa. Notes:
Hugh D. Mathews, 72, Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, May 28 at Henry County Health Center.
He was born December 13, 1908, in Mt. Union, the son of Harlan and Maggie Young Mathews. He married Mildred Schenk in Waterloo, in August 1930; she died in 1950. He married Mary J. Shaw in Cedar Rapids, June 4, 1959.
Mr. Mathews was a lifelong resident of the Pleasant Lawn and Mt. Union communities. He had worked as a guard at the Iowa State Penitentiary, Ft. Madison for 10 years and had farmed most of his life. He a Methodist.
Surviving: his wife; one son, John D. Mathews, Mt. Union; a daughter. Mrs. Donald (Margaret) Long, Knoxville; one brother, John, Sun City, Arizona; and five grandchildren.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Sunday at Weir Funeral Home, Mt. Pleasant, Dr. Robert P. Robinson: Trinity Cemetery, Mt. Union. A Memorial has been established.
Name:
son of Harlan Henry Mathews and Margaret May Young
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82852574/hugh-dewaine-mathews
Row 1Hugh married Mildred Lucille Schenk on 07 Aug 1930 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. Mildred (daughter of William Frederick Schenk and Mary Elizabeth Gilyeart) was born on 18 Jul 1912 in Crawford Township, Washington County, Iowa; died on 11 Nov 1950 in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois; was buried in Trinity Cemetery, Mount Union, Henry County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]