The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune Obituary
June 25, 1980, p. 9.
HERBERT A. HEDGES
Herbert A. Hedges, 84, of 6025 State Line, Kansas City, died Monday, June 23, at Research Hospital. He was born in Middleport, Ohio. Mr. Hedges, a former resident of Chillicothe, known as "Mr. Life Insurance," had a long and colorful career. At an early age, he was a cabin boy on the Mississippi River on the White Collar Line. As a youth, he became a crewman for the Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua circuit, where he became intimately acquainted with celebrities of the day: William Jennings Bryan, Schumann Heinck, Champ Clark, Senator La Follette and the Ben Greet Shakespearean Players.
In March, 1918, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served on active duty in France, where he was commissioned as first lieutenant. After the war, he entered the life insurance business in Queen City, Mo. Four years later, he became general agent in Kansas City for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, with which he enjoyed a long and successful career.
On June 15, 1978, the Kansas City Association of Life Underwriters created a Man-of-the-Year Award and called it the Herb Hedges Award. Mr. Hedges had served as a leading general agent in Kansas City, was three times honored as a Master Agency Builder, president of the National Association of Life Underwriters (with offices in New York City). He was known in the industry as a life insurance salesman's salesman. His "Fiddlers, Peddlars and Salesman" speech made him a sought-after dinner speaker.
He was a member of the Country Club Christian Church and Mission Hills Country Club. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline R. Hedges, of the home; a son, Skipper Hedges, Kansas City, and four daughters, Cee Cee Zabor, Blue Springs; Mrs. Edwin M. Bramson, Prairie Village; Mrs. Rufus Gabel, Kansas City, and Mrs. James E. Anderson, Pullman, Wash. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Heency, South Haven, Kan., and Mrs. Grace Tallman, Keokuk, Ia.
Services will be held at 12, Friday at the Country Club Christian Church, 61st and Ward Parkway, Kansas City. Burial will be at the National cemetery, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., at 2:30 p.m.
The family requests no flowers. Contributions may be made to Olivette Baptist Church Missionary Fund, 4901 Mission Rd., Westwood, Kansas 66205.
June 25, 1980, p. 9.
HERBERT A. HEDGES
Herbert A. Hedges, 84, of 6025 State Line, Kansas City, died Monday, June 23, at Research Hospital. He was born in Middleport, Ohio. Mr. Hedges, a former resident of Chillicothe, known as "Mr. Life Insurance," had a long and colorful career. At an early age, he was a cabin boy on the Mississippi River on the White Collar Line. As a youth, he became a crewman for the Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua circuit, where he became intimately acquainted with celebrities of the day: William Jennings Bryan, Schumann Heinck, Champ Clark, Senator La Follette and the Ben Greet Shakespearean Players.
In March, 1918, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served on active duty in France, where he was commissioned as first lieutenant. After the war, he entered the life insurance business in Queen City, Mo. Four years later, he became general agent in Kansas City for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, with which he enjoyed a long and successful career.
On June 15, 1978, the Kansas City Association of Life Underwriters created a Man-of-the-Year Award and called it the Herb Hedges Award. Mr. Hedges had served as a leading general agent in Kansas City, was three times honored as a Master Agency Builder, president of the National Association of Life Underwriters (with offices in New York City). He was known in the industry as a life insurance salesman's salesman. His "Fiddlers, Peddlars and Salesman" speech made him a sought-after dinner speaker.
He was a member of the Country Club Christian Church and Mission Hills Country Club. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline R. Hedges, of the home; a son, Skipper Hedges, Kansas City, and four daughters, Cee Cee Zabor, Blue Springs; Mrs. Edwin M. Bramson, Prairie Village; Mrs. Rufus Gabel, Kansas City, and Mrs. James E. Anderson, Pullman, Wash. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Heency, South Haven, Kan., and Mrs. Grace Tallman, Keokuk, Ia.
Services will be held at 12, Friday at the Country Club Christian Church, 61st and Ward Parkway, Kansas City. Burial will be at the National cemetery, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., at 2:30 p.m.
The family requests no flowers. Contributions may be made to Olivette Baptist Church Missionary Fund, 4901 Mission Rd., Westwood, Kansas 66205.
The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune Obituary
June 25, 1980, p. 9.
HERBERT A. HEDGES
Herbert A. Hedges, 84, of 6025 State Line, Kansas City, died Monday, June 23, at Research Hospital. He was born in Middleport, Ohio. Mr. Hedges, a former resident of Chillicothe, known as "Mr. Life Insurance," had a long and colorful career. At an early age, he was a cabin boy on the Mississippi River on the White Collar Line. As a youth, he became a crewman for the Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua circuit, where he became intimately acquainted with celebrities of the day: William Jennings Bryan, Schumann Heinck, Champ Clark, Senator La Follette and the Ben Greet Shakespearean Players.
In March, 1918, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served on active duty in France, where he was commissioned as first lieutenant. After the war, he entered the life insurance business in Queen City, Mo. Four years later, he became general agent in Kansas City for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, with which he enjoyed a long and successful career.
On June 15, 1978, the Kansas City Association of Life Underwriters created a Man-of-the-Year Award and called it the Herb Hedges Award. Mr. Hedges had served as a leading general agent in Kansas City, was three times honored as a Master Agency Builder, president of the National Association of Life Underwriters (with offices in New York City). He was known in the industry as a life insurance salesman's salesman. His "Fiddlers, Peddlars and Salesman" speech made him a sought-after dinner speaker.
He was a member of the Country Club Christian Church and Mission Hills Country Club. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline R. Hedges, of the home; a son, Skipper Hedges, Kansas City, and four daughters, Cee Cee Zabor, Blue Springs; Mrs. Edwin M. Bramson, Prairie Village; Mrs. Rufus Gabel, Kansas City, and Mrs. James E. Anderson, Pullman, Wash. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Heency, South Haven, Kan., and Mrs. Grace Tallman, Keokuk, Ia.
Services will be held at 12, Friday at the Country Club Christian Church, 61st and Ward Parkway, Kansas City. Burial will be at the National cemetery, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., at 2:30 p.m.
The family requests no flowers. Contributions may be made to Olivette Baptist Church Missionary Fund, 4901 Mission Rd., Westwood, Kansas 66205.
June 25, 1980, p. 9.
HERBERT A. HEDGES
Herbert A. Hedges, 84, of 6025 State Line, Kansas City, died Monday, June 23, at Research Hospital. He was born in Middleport, Ohio. Mr. Hedges, a former resident of Chillicothe, known as "Mr. Life Insurance," had a long and colorful career. At an early age, he was a cabin boy on the Mississippi River on the White Collar Line. As a youth, he became a crewman for the Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua circuit, where he became intimately acquainted with celebrities of the day: William Jennings Bryan, Schumann Heinck, Champ Clark, Senator La Follette and the Ben Greet Shakespearean Players.
In March, 1918, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served on active duty in France, where he was commissioned as first lieutenant. After the war, he entered the life insurance business in Queen City, Mo. Four years later, he became general agent in Kansas City for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, with which he enjoyed a long and successful career.
On June 15, 1978, the Kansas City Association of Life Underwriters created a Man-of-the-Year Award and called it the Herb Hedges Award. Mr. Hedges had served as a leading general agent in Kansas City, was three times honored as a Master Agency Builder, president of the National Association of Life Underwriters (with offices in New York City). He was known in the industry as a life insurance salesman's salesman. His "Fiddlers, Peddlars and Salesman" speech made him a sought-after dinner speaker.
He was a member of the Country Club Christian Church and Mission Hills Country Club. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline R. Hedges, of the home; a son, Skipper Hedges, Kansas City, and four daughters, Cee Cee Zabor, Blue Springs; Mrs. Edwin M. Bramson, Prairie Village; Mrs. Rufus Gabel, Kansas City, and Mrs. James E. Anderson, Pullman, Wash. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Heency, South Haven, Kan., and Mrs. Grace Tallman, Keokuk, Ia.
Services will be held at 12, Friday at the Country Club Christian Church, 61st and Ward Parkway, Kansas City. Burial will be at the National cemetery, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., at 2:30 p.m.
The family requests no flowers. Contributions may be made to Olivette Baptist Church Missionary Fund, 4901 Mission Rd., Westwood, Kansas 66205.
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