Bedford Times-Press, Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Funeral services for Edith Hendrickson, age 93 of Bedford, who died Saturday, May 17, 2003 at Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center were held Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at. 10:00 a.m. at the Ritchie Funeral Home with Pastor Randy Allman officiating. Interment was held in the Washington Cemetery in Gravity. Memorials can be given in to the Bedford Fire Department. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford.
Edith B. [urnadine] Kimpton Hendrickson was born to John A. [ckerman] and Ethel Beery Kimpton on July 24,1909 northwest of Gravity and departed this life on May 17, 2003 at the age of 93 years 9 months and 23 days.
She spent the early years of her life at the farm home of her parents, along with her three brothers and three sisters. She attended and graduated from Eighth grade at Washington Township #3 School. She graduated from Gravity High School in 1927 and received her college at Cedar Falls Extension Summer Schools held by the Iowa Teachers College at Cedar Falls. She taught school for thirteen years in the Rural Schools of Taylor County.
Her entire life was spent in Taylor County with the exception of eight months spent in Winterset, Iowa. She is a member of the Gravity Christian Church, which she attended as long as she was able.
On May 18, 1940, she was united in marriage to C. [ornelius] L. Hendrickson and they moved to the farm home they had purchased the preceding year. It was located three miles northeast of Sharpsburg. All of her married life was spent there and she stayed on one and one half years after her husband passed away from cancer on May 18, 1972 on their thirty-second wedding anniversary.
She lived eight months in Winterset, Gravity for eight years, Lenox for five and later moved to Bedford in 1987. Edith enjoyed the farm and the lifestyle it provided, raising livestock and working in her garden. Even though they had no children of their own they loved their nieces and nephews like their own. She had a place for everything, keeping the farm and her home just so. Edith loved to crochet, making towels and pillows for family members.
Edith is survived by two sisters, Vida Snyder of Winterset and Mrs. Carl (Lois) Anderson of Winterset; one brother-in-law, Carl Anderson; three sisters-in-law, Beth Kimpton of Bedford, Julia Wheeler and Mable Brenton of Corning, Iowa; many cousins, nephews, nieces and friends.
Preceding Edith in death were her husband, C. L.; her parents; three brothers, Homer, Wilbur and Paul; two nephews Homer Kirk Kimpton and Jimmy Kimpton; and sister, Iva.