Headrick, Dessie (1899-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 30 Apr 1987 p. 8

Birth date: 1899

NEWTON & VICINITY

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● Memorial services for Dessie Headrick, 88, of Schowalter Villa, Hesston, were held at the villa chapel on April 25, with Wesley Jantz officiating. Additional services and burial were on April 27, at East Holbrook Mennonite Church, Cheraw, Colo. She died April 23 at the villa. Survivors include five sons, Melvin and Clifford of La Junta, Colo., Harold of Arvada, Colo., Lloyd of Hesston and Donald of Pueblo, Colo.; four daughters, Dorothy Harden of Evergreen, Colo., Marjorie Schmucker of Hesston, Rosetta Kauffman of Guymon, Okla., and Joyce Shetler of Buhl, Idaho; one sister, Rena Glassburn of Harper; 30 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren. Her husband, John Henry Headrick, preceded her in death in 1973.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon