Died
in South Dakota
Aberdeen News. --
Mrs. Harry Hockum [sic], 48 years old, died at her home at
219 Ninth avenue southwest in this city after a short illness.
Edna Appleford was born in
Mapleton, Ont., 22 Oct 1871. She married John Hempstead on 27 Mar
1901, and to this union four children were born, Alice, Ruth,
Harriet and Esther. Mr. Hempstead died 1 Oct 1908.
On 23 May 1916, she married
Harry Hocum [sic]. To them was born a son on 8 May
1917.
Besides her children and her
husband, Mrs. Hocum [sic] leaves to mourn her death her
mother, Mrs. William Appleford, her brothers, Ed. Appleford of this
city, and
U. L. Appleford of Andrie, and three sisters, Miss Harriet
Appleford, Miss Winnifred Kaiser, and Mrs. Bell Beecraft, all of
Aberdeen, Mrs. James Truesdale of South Dakota.
