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Note: 1. From a taped interview of Merna Hawes (Myrtie's daughter) by her great-niece Linda Hartanov: Myrtie was a quiet woman and was a good mother. They had a hired woman who came in to help her with the housework. She was married at the age of 16 and had her first child at 17. After her husband died, she lived with her daughter Merna Hawes Faust for about 30 years. Merna and her husband never had children. Myrtie was about 5'6" and slender. 2. From 1920 census, Vermontville, Eaton Co., MI (ED 112, family 87): Hawes, Myrtie, head, owns home free and clear, f, w, 45, Divorced, b. MI, father b. NY, mother b. NY Myrna, daughter, f, w, 15, single, b. MI, father b. MI, mother b. MI 3. From Vermontville Scrapbook #5, Page 55 (1957 - 1968): OBITUARY: MRS ARTHUR HAWES Mrs Arthur Hawes, 90, of 600 S. Main Street, died Monday at a Charlotte hospital after a short illness. She had been a resident here for 30 years. Survivors include a son, Ray, of Oakland California; a daughter, Mrs Lloyd Faust of Vermontville; three brothers, John and Joseph Benn of California; a sister, Mrs Margaret Throop of Jackson; five grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Vogt Funeral Home, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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