Daughter of George B. and Sarah (Newsum) Hale. She married Ernest E. Bloomquist about 1910. They had four children: Francis, Violet, Laurence & Paul E. After Ernest died, Fannie married Martin Reed in 1938. This is the surname she had at the time of her death. However, she is buried next to Ernest, and her headstone reflects the surname Bloomquist.

Also, her birth record shows the name RoseAnn Frances Hale. However, the death record shows Anna Frances Reed and the gravestone: Anna Frances Bloomquist.

Fort Dodge Messenger and Chronicle
Thursday, May 11, 1911, page 3.
"Local News"
"Dr. Emil Lundgren, pastor of First Swedish Lutheran Church officiated Wednesday at the wedding of Miss Anna F. Hale and E. Elmer Bloomquist. The ceremony occurred at noon. A beautiful wedding dinner was served at the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L W [V] Bloomquist."
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"The Messenger"
"98-year-old woman Keeps Driving"
by Delores Jochimsen, Messenger staff writer

"My (driver) license is good until December and there's no reason I can't renew it then"

"Fanny Reed"

"Lehigh-- Neither snow, nor sleet, nor dark of night stops this senior citizen from doing what she wants to do.
At 98, Fannie Reed can generally be found behind the wheel of her car, going to or coming from one of her many interests.
'My (driver) license is good until December and there's no reason I can't renew it then,' the Lehigh woman said. The only restriction is that she must wear her glasses while driving.
Born Fannie Hale, one of eight children whose father worked in the brick factory west of Coalville, she didn't have the chance for much education. Sickly as a small child, she didn't go to school until she was 8, and then to one-room rural school. 'There were 38 kids in one little bitty room,' she remembered.
Education was not a priority then, especially for girls, 'I had to quit (before completing elementary) and help my mother. You didn't have time to run around and raise the devil like they do nowadays,' she said.
In 1911, at the age of 20, she married Elmer Bloomquist. They farmed in the Lundgren area. A few years later, Fannie enjoyed her first ride in a car. 'My brother-in-law bought a second hand car and took me for a ride. We thought that was pretty good.'
When Elmer died in 1935, Fannie and her two sons, continued to farm for a time.
In 1938 Fannie married Martin Reed who worked at Lehigh Brick and Tile. She's been a widow for 17 years.
Fannie credits her relative good health, with the exception of arthritis in her knees and hips, to heredity (her mother's family all lived into their 80s and 90s), to having worked hard all her life and to God's will.
Although she must use crutches to get around because of her arthritis, Fannie takes care of her day-to-day housework...(the rest is illegible)