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Maude Miriam <I>Hicks</I> Wright

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Maude Miriam Hicks Wright

Birth
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Death
3 Jan 1930 (aged 60)
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 20, Block 18, Section 44
Memorial ID
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Sculptress. Second wife to architect Frank Lloyd Wright. They married on November 19, 1923 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. First marriage to Ewel Noel, of Tennessee (divorced) with whom she had three children: Mary Norma, Thomas E. and Corinne Noel. Daughter of Andrew G. Hicks, M.D. of Tennessee. Brothers--Garner, Howe, Clarke.

Excerpt from the Sheboygan Press, Saturday, January 4, 1930.
Simple Funeral Services Are Held for Maude Miriam Noel Wright.
Milwaukee - Mrs. Miriam Noel Wright, divorced wife of Frank Lloyd Wright, world famous architect, was buried in Forest Home Cemetery here at 11 am after simple, private funeral services. Rev. Robert S. Loring, Unitarian minister, preached the short funeral sermon. Only a few close friends attended. The entire fortune of Mrs. Wright, whose marital difficulties with the famous architect were newspaper sensations for more than four years, will be left to Mrs. Helen H. Raab, her friend, and the Chicago Art Institute, according to terms of her will, which was filed a few hours after her death at Shorewood hospital here yesterday.
Sculptress. Second wife to architect Frank Lloyd Wright. They married on November 19, 1923 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. First marriage to Ewel Noel, of Tennessee (divorced) with whom she had three children: Mary Norma, Thomas E. and Corinne Noel. Daughter of Andrew G. Hicks, M.D. of Tennessee. Brothers--Garner, Howe, Clarke.

Excerpt from the Sheboygan Press, Saturday, January 4, 1930.
Simple Funeral Services Are Held for Maude Miriam Noel Wright.
Milwaukee - Mrs. Miriam Noel Wright, divorced wife of Frank Lloyd Wright, world famous architect, was buried in Forest Home Cemetery here at 11 am after simple, private funeral services. Rev. Robert S. Loring, Unitarian minister, preached the short funeral sermon. Only a few close friends attended. The entire fortune of Mrs. Wright, whose marital difficulties with the famous architect were newspaper sensations for more than four years, will be left to Mrs. Helen H. Raab, her friend, and the Chicago Art Institute, according to terms of her will, which was filed a few hours after her death at Shorewood hospital here yesterday.


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  • Maintained by: Debbie B
  • Originally Created by: Paige
  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35018174/maude_miriam-wright: accessed ), memorial page for Maude Miriam Hicks Wright (9 May 1869–3 Jan 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35018174, citing Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Debbie B (contributor 47274612).