ES-8347-WF
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In Loving Memory
Wilhelmina Aldrich
March 4, 1911 — November 22, 1998 · Aged 87
“She taught half a county to read.”
Wilhelmina "Minnie" Aldrich kept a one-room schoolhouse for thirty-one years and played the organ at First Lutheran until the winter she died. She raised four children on a farm north of Cedar Falls, buried a husband young, and was known for a rhubarb pie she would not write the recipe down for. This page keeps her place in the family story.
Obituary
Wilhelmina Aldrich, 87, of Cedar Falls, died November 22, 1998. Born on the family farm in 1911, she taught in the Black Hawk County schools for thirty-one years. She is survived by four children, eleven grandchildren, and a great many former pupils.
- Hometown
- Cedar Falls, Iowa
- Occupation
- Schoolteacher and church organist
- Resting place
- Laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery, Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Memorial ID
ES-8347-WF · Greenwood Cemetery, Cedar Falls, Iowa
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