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Hattie Mengel Edgecombe

Birth	:	11 Apr 1860 Pawnee, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	12 Sep 1946 Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Fillmore County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.5359900, -97.6064900
Plot	:	Sec. 4 Lot 107 Plot 04
Inscription	:	"MOTHER"
Description	:	EDGECOMBE, HATTIE—Mrs. Frank O. Edgecombe passed away at her home in Geneva, Neb., at 3 p. m. Thursday, September 12, 1946 following an illness of over a year. Hattie Mengel was the youngest child of a family of eleven children born to Eunice and Isaac Mengel. She was born in Pawnee, Sangamon Co., Ill., April 11, 1960. The Mengel family came to Saunders county, Nebraska in a covered wagon in the spring of 1886, settling first at Valparaiso, later moving to Wahoo, where Mr. Mengel served three terms as county judge. Miss Mengel attended school in... Read More	EDGECOMBE, HATTIE—Mrs. Frank O. Edgecombe passed away at her home in Geneva, Neb., at 3 p. m. Thursday, September 12, 1946 following an illness of over a year. Hattie Mengel was the youngest child of a family of eleven children born to Eunice and Isaac Mengel. She was born in Pawnee, Sangamon Co., Ill., April 11, 1960. The Mengel family came to Saunders county, Nebraska in a covered wagon in the spring of 1886, settling first at Valparaiso, later moving to Wahoo, where Mr. Mengel served three terms as county judge. Miss Mengel attended school in Wahoo, later attending the York college, after which she returned to her home county and engaged in teaching. September 15, 1887, she was married at Valparaiso to Frank O. Edgecombe of Rulo, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Edgecombe made their home at Rulo until 1890, when they moved to Falls City, where Mr. Edgecombe purchased the Falls City Journal. After Mr. Edgecombe met with an accident which cost him his sight, Mrs. Edgecombe became "his eyes" helping him to keep posted on public affairs and up to date in literature and accompanying him on yearly editorial tours. After selling their newspaper in Falls City, the family came to Geneva in February, 1897. The day following his arrival in Geneva, Mr. Edgecombe purchased two newspapers, the Republican and the Journal. Mr. and Mrs. Edgecombe have made their home in Geneva more than fifty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Edgecombe were the parents of four children, two of whom, a daughter Ruth and a son Warren, predeceased their mother. The surviving children are their son Tyler of The Nebraska Signal of Geneva, and their daughter, Mrs. Helen Hoyt, wife of Senator Ed Hoyt of McCook. Mrs. Edgecombe is also survived by her husband, who has been bedfast the past year, six grandchildren, Arlene Ammon and Jean Elam, both of Cheyenne, Wyo., Mary White of Bellflower, Cal., John Edgecombe of Laramie, Wyo., and John and Joan Hoyt of McCook, also four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. From hear early girlhood, Mrs. Edgecombe was a member of the Methodist church and until the last year she was a regular attendant at the services and was very active in the promotion of the work of the church. She was a charter member of the Chapter O. P. E. O., which organization recently observed the fiftieth anniversary of its organization at her home. Mrs. Edgecombe was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Geneva Woman's club and its departments. Her home was always open to the members of the organizations with which she affiliated, as well as to her numerous friends individually. Not many women are privileged to travel as extensively as was Mrs. Edgecombe. Not only had she visited most of the states of the Union, but also Canada—both eastern and western, the Hawaiian Islands, the Panama Canal zone, Mexico, etc. In 1929 she toured Europe with a group of friends. Mrs. Edgecombe had an extensive library. She was deeply interested in numerous subjects upon which she had compiled clippings from various sources. Her scrapbooks were carefully edited and items which came to her attention were painstakingly preserved in their proper places. After she became less active in her daily life, she spent many a pleasant hour in the preparation of these books. The following quotation is taken from her collection: "One ship goes east, another west By the selfsame winds that blow, Tis the set of the sail and not the gale That determines the way they go. Like the winds of the sea are the ways of Fate As we voyage along through life, Tis the set of the soul that decides the goal, And not the calm or the strife." The funeral service was conducted from the Geneva Methodist church by Rev. Benn Wallace at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, September 15, which date was the fifty-ninth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Edgecombe. Mrs. Blanche Rosenau sang "Going Home" and "The Lord's Prayer." The members of Chapter O. P. E. O., attended in a body. The floral tributes were beautiful. Burial was in the Geneva cemetery. The pallbearers were Guy Case, Earl Wilkins, C. M. Humphrey, Guy Brown, Clarence Newman and Harry Johnson. ______________ The family desires to express its sincere appreciation of the many kindnesses shown by friends, neighbors and organizations at the time of its bereavement. The Nebraska Signal Sept. 19th, 1946 page 1.

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Hattie Mengel Edgecombe death on 12 Sep 1946 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.5359900
Longitude: -97.6064900

Family Members:

Parent

Isaac Ruth Mengel

(1814 - 1883)

Eunice Marie Meacham Mengel

(1822 - 1900)

Spouse

Frank O. Edgecombe

(1864 - 1947)

Siblings

Ellis Victor Mengel

(1846 - 1930)

Arminda Jane Mengel Giffin

(1849 - 1922)

Children

Tyler M. Edgecombe

(1888 - 1972)

Ruth Edgecombe

(1891 - 1892)

Warren Shaff Edgecombe

(1899 - 1921)

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