Essie Maye Smith
1925 - 1985 (60 years)
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Name Essie Maye Smith Born 6 Aug 1925 Purdin, Linn County, Missouri 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 14 Dec 1985 [2] Buried Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [2] Person ID I71 Hedges Last Modified 13 Mar 2023
Father Orra "Norman" Smith, b. 22 Dec 1888, Browning, Linn County, Missouri , d. 15 Apr 1968, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri (Age 79 years) Mother Anna "Maude" Hedges, b. 3 Jun 1889, Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 7 Feb 1976, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri (Age 86 years) Married 11 Sep 1906 Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [1, 3] Family ID F30 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Robert J. Reddick, b. 17 Aug 1921, Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska , d. 13 Jun 1959, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas (Age 37 years) Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F56 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Monty Thomas Love, b. 24 Mar 1925, Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona , d. 6 Jul 1978, Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri (Age 53 years) Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F57 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Delmar Duane Oertwig, b. 5 Jul 1922, Buffalo County, Nebraska , d. 26 Mar 2016, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri (Age 93 years) Married 16 Apr 1942 Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri Children 1. Delmer Duane Oertwig, b. 8 Feb 1943, Browning, Linn County, Missouri , d. 9 Sep 2009, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri (Age 66 years)2. Robert D. Oertwig, b. 15 Jul 1944, d. 23 Nov 2019, Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri (Age 75 years)Last Modified 28 Oct 2021 Family ID F51 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 6 Aug 1925 - Purdin, Linn County, Missouri 
Married - 16 Apr 1942 - Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri 
Buried - - Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos Orra and Maude Smith family 
Hedges Reunion 1946
The Seventeenth Annual Hedges Reunion was held Sunday, August 18, 1946 at Lincoln Park, Danville, Illinois with 99 relatives and friends present. A basket dinner was served at the noon hour. George F. Hedges presided at the business meeting in the afternoon. Talks were given from those from distances and was enjoyed by all. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President J. W. Hedges, Vice President P. T. Hedges, Secretary Treasurer Anna Bagley. The next meeting will be held the 3rd Sunday in August 1947 in Missouri. Gifts were presented to the oldest man present, George F. Hedges, 79. Oldest woman was Mrs. Cora Hedges, 76 years old. The youngest was Robert Alan Yeazel, 3 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yeazel. Newlyweds were Mr. and Mrs. John Hanks. The one coming the farthest was Jasper N. Hedges of Dubois, Wyoming, 1650 miles. There were 6 marriages, Betty Buckman and Dale Wood, Geraldine Hedges and Frank Pesorara, Betty Lou Smith and Frank Day, Lois Smith and Max Dodd, Roy Hedges and Inez Cola, Irene Smith and John Hanks. There were 9 births [transcriber has omitted this section to preserve privacy] Two deaths: Ercel Eldon Simpson and James A. Hedges. Greetings were received from those from a distance who could not attend.
Headstones 
Smith Essie Maye Love
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Notes - Essie was the daughter of Ora Nortman and Anna Maude Hedges Smith. She married Monty T Love on Sep 16,1961, and he preceded her in death in 1978.
She is survived by two sons, Duane and Bob Oertwig, three step children, and three brothers, and three sister.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and three brothers.
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- Essie was the daughter of Ora Nortman and Anna Maude Hedges Smith. She married Monty T Love on Sep 16,1961, and he preceded her in death in 1978.
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