The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-04
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Mrs. Frank Hunt Buried In
Red Lake Falls On
Tuesday
WAS IS YEARS OF AGE.
Mrs. Chris Millner Funeral
Service To Be Saturday
Morning
Mrs. Frank Hunt

Saturday morning at 12:40 at her
home on Pine Street. Although
blind for some years, she had been
failing in health only during the
past year. About a year ago, Mrs.
Hunt fell and suffered fractured
hip and from that time her health
failed gradually until she passed
away Saturday.
Mrs. Hunt had q splendid sense
Of humor and she made hosts OF
friends through her jovial and
friendly ways. She submitted pa
tiently to her misfortunes and she
was given the best Of care by her
daughters, the Misses Lucy and
Rebecca, with whom she has made
her home in this city for the past
eleven years.
Mertie Steele Hamphill was born
in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on
August s, 1853, and passed away at
the age Of SO years, 6 months and
10 days. When she was young
girl her parents moved to south
ern Minnesota, where her father
engaged in the newspaper business
For sometime Mrs. Hunt was EN-
ployed in st. Paul in a sewing ma
chine company, and while there
she was united in marriage to
Frank Hunt. Immediately following
the marriage they went to Red
Lake Falls where Mr.. Hunt was
engaged in the Hardware business.
The husband passed away thirteen
years ago.
Mrs. Hunt was the mother Of
three sons and three daughters, as
follows: Samuel E., of Red Lake
Feals; william O., of Red Lake
Fails; f. Edward, Of Glenwood;
Mrs. J. e. Argue. of Seattle, Wash;
and Lucy and Rebecca, Of Sank
Centre. All but one of the eight
surviving grandchildren were in at
tendance at the funeral service.
Brief funeral services were held
at the family home in this city on
Monday afternoon at 2:30, at which
Rev. p. j. Jansen, pastor of the
Congregational church, assisted by
the Rev. Carodac J. Morgan, Of
Hutchinson, officiated. The body
was taken to Red Lake Falls, her
former home, where services were
conducted by Rev. Morgan in the
Presbyterian church Tuesday. In
torment was made in the Red Lake
Falls cemetery. The pallbearers ir
this city were: George Rien
Charles Miller, Harry Schmidt, w
A. Kohl, and G. H. Vandesteeg
The pallbearers at Red Lake Fall;
were: Lee Heaay, H. w. Cutten
George Christie, Carl Mead, Car
Kenkel and Jack Tischert. Mis-!
Helen Ranstad, of this city, sang a
the service at the home. She wa!
accompanied by Miss Evelyn Jen
sen on the violin. All of the chill
dren and grandchildren ATTENDED
:" the service at this city and at Ret
Lake Falls.
Those from Glenwood who wer
in attendance at the service II
Sank Centre were: Mrs. Beck, Mrs
Harry Ladd and Mrs. Stinson, AM
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Wyre, Of Min
neapolis.
Those from Sank Centre, VIII
attended the service in Red LAX
Falls, were: Mr.. and Mrs. Georg
Fish, Mrs. e. A. Richards, Mr.. an,
Mrs. w. A. Kohl, Mr.. and Mr.
George Berggreen and Miss Ann
Higbee.
A representation Of twenty-fou
men from the Hall Hardware Co
OF which Mrs. Hunts son, Sam,
the president, attended the service
The floral offerings were profus
and attested the esteem in whic
Mrs. Hunt was held by neighbor
and friends.