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- Billings Resident Dies at Hospital
Mrs. Martha Hedges, 51, of 114 S. 29th St. died at 8 a.m. Monday at a local hospital. Death was attributed to cancer. She had been in ill health since last December.
Mrs. Hedges came to Billings in 1943 and until her illness was employed as a janitress.
She was born Dec. 5, 1901, at Dickinson, N.D. She was married to Rollen Hedges at Wibaux in 1931.
Survivors include her husband, whose address is not know here; her father, Thomas Manion of Jefferson Island; two brothers, George and James Manion of Plains, and a sister, Mrs. Henry Shroder of Anaconda.
The body is at Settergren’s Funeral Home.
The Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana. Tuesday, 26 May 1953, page 2.
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- Services Are Conducted For Billings Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Hedges, 51, Billings resident since 1943, were conducted Thursday at Settergren’s Chapel by the Rev. A.C. Caton, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Mrs. Hedges, who lived at 114 S. 29th St., died of cancer Monday at a Billings hospital.
“The Lord Is My Shepherd” and “Now the Day is Over” were sung by Mrs. G.M. Herbstruth, accompanied by Mrs. Robert H. Leonard.
Pallbearers were Porter Corby, Jesse I. Duncan, Richard J. Duncan, Stanley G. Duncan, Walter A. Duncan, and H. Oscar Jordahl. Burial was in Mountainview Cemetery.
Mrs. Hedges is survived by her husband, Rollen Hedges; her father, two brothers and a sister.
The Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana. Friday, 29 May 1953, page 3.
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