Born in Pilot Knob Township, Harper, Kansas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ferdinand Balmer
and Lena (Gerber) Balmer
Sister of
Levina (Balmer) Hartzler, Lillie (Balmer) Rupp, Della (Balmer) Hostetler, Ruth (Balmer) Hostetler and Rena Balmer
Wife of
John Henry Headrick
— married
18 Feb 1923 in Harper, Kansas, United States
Mother of
[private daughter (1920s - unknown)], Howard Hedrick, Melvin Richard Headrick, [private son (1920s - unknown)], [private son (1920s - unknown)], [private son (1920s - unknown)], [private daughter (1930s - unknown)], [private son (1930s - 1930s)], [private son (1930s - unknown)], [private son (1930s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at age 88
in Hesston, Harvey, Kansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jan 2016
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Biography
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.
Mennonite Weekly Review 64th Year No. 14 April 30, 1987 page 8
Sources
- Historical Sketches of Seven Generations, Descendants of Deacon Michael Gerber, 1763-1938, Compiled by E. P. Gerber, Kidron, Ohio, United States
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