Edith Mchugh

Edith Irene (Tietsort) McHugh was born February 24, 1922, to Delbert and Ollie (Jones) Tietsort. The family lived around Dunlap and Woodbine where Edith attended country schools. She was a "hired girl" for several families before marrying Dale McHugh on March 6, 1941.

Edith and Dale were farmers working together on the crops and chores. They started farming on the Nuzum place with a team of horses. Later they farmed the Powley place on the Willow bottom and then bought the Waldemar place at Pisgah. In 1964 they had the opportunity to move to a nice farm near Woodbine and farmed there until retirement.

Edith was a member of the United Methodist Church where she spent many hours volunteering as a Sunday School teacher and held many offices of the United Methodist Women and Church Women United. She was also a member of several neighborhood clubs and the American Legion Auxiliary.

Edith and Dale traveled on bus excursions touring the United States. They were faithful followers of the Old Settlers celebration at Magnolia, Iowa, where they met, and were often awarded the prize for longest married couple in attendance.

Edith had been living at Rose Vista following a stroke last fall and passed to her eternal home on Thursday, May 21, 2009, attaining age 87 years, two months and twenty-seven days.

Edith was preceded in death by her parents, husband Dale on June 7, 2008, three children, Charlotte (1981) Robert (1978) and Warren (2006); son-in-law, Charles Kuhlman (2002), her eight brothers and sisters, Daisy Michel, George Tietsort, Doris Hicks, Bill Tietsort, Eloise Tietsort, Goldie Corey Wadsworth, Wayne Tietsort and Lyle Tietsort.

Edith is survived by her children S. Irene Kuhlman, Shirley and her husband Dennis Wakehouse and Kathy McHugh all of Woodbine, Iowa; three sisters-in-law, Delores Tietsort of Anaheim, California, Bonnie Tietsort of Battle Creek, Iowa, and Mary Ellen McHugh Kruse of Council Bluffs, Iowa; one brother-in-law Dean McHugh and his wife Nina of Pisgah, Iowa 14 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral Services
10:30 am Tuesday, May 26, 2009
United Methodist Church
Woodbine, Iowa

Clergy
Rev. Shurmaine McAlpine

Musician
Margaret Cotton

Selection
"Ave Maria"

Congregational Hymn
"Here I am Lord"

Pall Bearers
Gary Dugdale ~ Gary Hall ~ Rob Hall
David Wakehouse ~ Robert Wakehouse
Brandon McHugh ~ Luke McHugh ~ Kevin Kuhlman

Final Resting Place
Woodbine Cemetery
Woodbine, Iowa