Mrs. Dye, 91, Member of Early Wayne County Family, Dies
Mrs. Mary Catherine Hale Dye
Mrs. Mary Catherine Hale Dye, 91, years old, a member of an early Wayne county family, who resided with her niece, Mrs. Herbert King, 301 South Morton avenue, Centerville, died Saturday.
Mrs. Dye was the granddaughter of John and Mary Whitehead Hunt, the first couple married in Wayne county and the great-granddaughter of Lazarus Whitehead, who established the Elkhorn Baptist church. She also was a niece of Caroline Hunt, the first white child born in the county. Mrs. Dye was born Mr. 5, 1853 in a log cabin on the old homestead northeast of Abington and with the exception of brief periods spent all her life in Wayne county.
She was the daughter of David Hale, truck and fruit farmer, and Selana Hunt Hale. Although Mrs. Dye never saw any Indians in this territory she remembered haring her mother tell of how they often came to her grandfather Hunt's blacksmith shop, the first in the county, to have guns made and repaired and for blacksmith work.
Mrs. Dye knitted the most sweaters and socks for the Abington unit of the Red Cross during World War I and also turned the heels and "toed off' the socks other knitters who couldn't do that part of the work. She started the Abington unit of the county Red Cross chapter which first met in the church and later had a room in the old school building. After the war she organized the Willing Workers club and was its first president. The club is still in existence and at the time of her death Mrs. Dye was an honorary member.
Surviving are three children Mrs. Lena Passmore, Milton, Mrs. Mary Peer, Springfield, Ohio, Miss Martha Dye, Centerville, one son, Omer Dye, Abington, one brother, Horton F. Hale, Abington, 12 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dye will be held at the Abington Christian church, Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Abington cemetery. Friends may call at the Wiseman Funeral home in Cambridge City after noon Saturday and at the home of Mrs. Herbert King in Centerville after noon Monday.
Mrs. Mary Catherine Hale Dye
Mrs. Mary Catherine Hale Dye, 91, years old, a member of an early Wayne county family, who resided with her niece, Mrs. Herbert King, 301 South Morton avenue, Centerville, died Saturday.
Mrs. Dye was the granddaughter of John and Mary Whitehead Hunt, the first couple married in Wayne county and the great-granddaughter of Lazarus Whitehead, who established the Elkhorn Baptist church. She also was a niece of Caroline Hunt, the first white child born in the county. Mrs. Dye was born Mr. 5, 1853 in a log cabin on the old homestead northeast of Abington and with the exception of brief periods spent all her life in Wayne county.
She was the daughter of David Hale, truck and fruit farmer, and Selana Hunt Hale. Although Mrs. Dye never saw any Indians in this territory she remembered haring her mother tell of how they often came to her grandfather Hunt's blacksmith shop, the first in the county, to have guns made and repaired and for blacksmith work.
Mrs. Dye knitted the most sweaters and socks for the Abington unit of the Red Cross during World War I and also turned the heels and "toed off' the socks other knitters who couldn't do that part of the work. She started the Abington unit of the county Red Cross chapter which first met in the church and later had a room in the old school building. After the war she organized the Willing Workers club and was its first president. The club is still in existence and at the time of her death Mrs. Dye was an honorary member.
Surviving are three children Mrs. Lena Passmore, Milton, Mrs. Mary Peer, Springfield, Ohio, Miss Martha Dye, Centerville, one son, Omer Dye, Abington, one brother, Horton F. Hale, Abington, 12 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dye will be held at the Abington Christian church, Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Abington cemetery. Friends may call at the Wiseman Funeral home in Cambridge City after noon Saturday and at the home of Mrs. Herbert King in Centerville after noon Monday.
Mrs. Dye, 91, Member of Early Wayne County Family, Dies
Mrs. Mary Catherine Hale Dye
Mrs. Mary Catherine Hale Dye, 91, years old, a member of an early Wayne county family, who resided with her niece, Mrs. Herbert King, 301 South Morton avenue, Centerville, died Saturday.
Mrs. Dye was the granddaughter of John and Mary Whitehead Hunt, the first couple married in Wayne county and the great-granddaughter of Lazarus Whitehead, who established the Elkhorn Baptist church. She also was a niece of Caroline Hunt, the first white child born in the county. Mrs. Dye was born Mr. 5, 1853 in a log cabin on the old homestead northeast of Abington and with the exception of brief periods spent all her life in Wayne county.
She was the daughter of David Hale, truck and fruit farmer, and Selana Hunt Hale. Although Mrs. Dye never saw any Indians in this territory she remembered haring her mother tell of how they often came to her grandfather Hunt's blacksmith shop, the first in the county, to have guns made and repaired and for blacksmith work.
Mrs. Dye knitted the most sweaters and socks for the Abington unit of the Red Cross during World War I and also turned the heels and "toed off' the socks other knitters who couldn't do that part of the work. She started the Abington unit of the county Red Cross chapter which first met in the church and later had a room in the old school building. After the war she organized the Willing Workers club and was its first president. The club is still in existence and at the time of her death Mrs. Dye was an honorary member.
Surviving are three children Mrs. Lena Passmore, Milton, Mrs. Mary Peer, Springfield, Ohio, Miss Martha Dye, Centerville, one son, Omer Dye, Abington, one brother, Horton F. Hale, Abington, 12 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dye will be held at the Abington Christian church, Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Abington cemetery. Friends may call at the Wiseman Funeral home in Cambridge City after noon Saturday and at the home of Mrs. Herbert King in Centerville after noon Monday.
Mrs. Mary Catherine Hale Dye
Mrs. Mary Catherine Hale Dye, 91, years old, a member of an early Wayne county family, who resided with her niece, Mrs. Herbert King, 301 South Morton avenue, Centerville, died Saturday.
Mrs. Dye was the granddaughter of John and Mary Whitehead Hunt, the first couple married in Wayne county and the great-granddaughter of Lazarus Whitehead, who established the Elkhorn Baptist church. She also was a niece of Caroline Hunt, the first white child born in the county. Mrs. Dye was born Mr. 5, 1853 in a log cabin on the old homestead northeast of Abington and with the exception of brief periods spent all her life in Wayne county.
She was the daughter of David Hale, truck and fruit farmer, and Selana Hunt Hale. Although Mrs. Dye never saw any Indians in this territory she remembered haring her mother tell of how they often came to her grandfather Hunt's blacksmith shop, the first in the county, to have guns made and repaired and for blacksmith work.
Mrs. Dye knitted the most sweaters and socks for the Abington unit of the Red Cross during World War I and also turned the heels and "toed off' the socks other knitters who couldn't do that part of the work. She started the Abington unit of the county Red Cross chapter which first met in the church and later had a room in the old school building. After the war she organized the Willing Workers club and was its first president. The club is still in existence and at the time of her death Mrs. Dye was an honorary member.
Surviving are three children Mrs. Lena Passmore, Milton, Mrs. Mary Peer, Springfield, Ohio, Miss Martha Dye, Centerville, one son, Omer Dye, Abington, one brother, Horton F. Hale, Abington, 12 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dye will be held at the Abington Christian church, Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Abington cemetery. Friends may call at the Wiseman Funeral home in Cambridge City after noon Saturday and at the home of Mrs. Herbert King in Centerville after noon Monday.
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