Mary Frances Arden Harden, 81, died at 4:21 PM Wednesday [Dec. 31, 1980] in St. Elizabeth Hospital, where she had been a patient one week. Born in Virginia, she lived in Warren County a number of years before coming to Lafayette in 1943. In 1921, she married Wilbur Harden at Indianapolis. He is a patient at Veterans Administration Hospital at Danville, IL.
Mrs. Harden had been the housekeeper for Purdue University President, Dr. Fred Hovde, and his family. She was a member of Congress Street United Methodist Church and Jenks Rest Senior Citizens.
Surviving with her husband are a son, Wilbur E. Harden of Lafayette; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Maxine King of Slidell, LA; two sisters, Mrs. L. Pearl Stevenson of Lafayette and Mrs. Lucille Wilson of San Jose, CA; one brother, Gilbert Arden of Oakland, CA; two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by a brother, Albert Arden.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Thu 1/1/1981, page 5
Mrs. Harden had been the housekeeper for Purdue University President, Dr. Fred Hovde, and his family. She was a member of Congress Street United Methodist Church and Jenks Rest Senior Citizens.
Surviving with her husband are a son, Wilbur E. Harden of Lafayette; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Maxine King of Slidell, LA; two sisters, Mrs. L. Pearl Stevenson of Lafayette and Mrs. Lucille Wilson of San Jose, CA; one brother, Gilbert Arden of Oakland, CA; two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by a brother, Albert Arden.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Thu 1/1/1981, page 5
Mary Frances Arden Harden, 81, died at 4:21 PM Wednesday [Dec. 31, 1980] in St. Elizabeth Hospital, where she had been a patient one week. Born in Virginia, she lived in Warren County a number of years before coming to Lafayette in 1943. In 1921, she married Wilbur Harden at Indianapolis. He is a patient at Veterans Administration Hospital at Danville, IL.
Mrs. Harden had been the housekeeper for Purdue University President, Dr. Fred Hovde, and his family. She was a member of Congress Street United Methodist Church and Jenks Rest Senior Citizens.
Surviving with her husband are a son, Wilbur E. Harden of Lafayette; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Maxine King of Slidell, LA; two sisters, Mrs. L. Pearl Stevenson of Lafayette and Mrs. Lucille Wilson of San Jose, CA; one brother, Gilbert Arden of Oakland, CA; two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by a brother, Albert Arden.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Thu 1/1/1981, page 5
Mrs. Harden had been the housekeeper for Purdue University President, Dr. Fred Hovde, and his family. She was a member of Congress Street United Methodist Church and Jenks Rest Senior Citizens.
Surviving with her husband are a son, Wilbur E. Harden of Lafayette; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Maxine King of Slidell, LA; two sisters, Mrs. L. Pearl Stevenson of Lafayette and Mrs. Lucille Wilson of San Jose, CA; one brother, Gilbert Arden of Oakland, CA; two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by a brother, Albert Arden.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Thu 1/1/1981, page 5
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