Wife of William Lewis Collins Palmer
Mrs. Palmer dies Saturday at the Independence hospital. She became ill several weeks ago after returning from Waco, Tex., where she spent the winter with a daughter Mrs. Hugh Thompson and family.
Mrs. Palmer, daughter of Hopkins and Susan Westmoreland Hardin, was born in Jackson County and had lived here all of her life. Her father was a Virginian and a Confederate veteran, who settled in Jackson County after the Civil War.
Mrs. Palmer attended the Independence schools and received her BA and MA from old Morrisville Methodist College, Morrisville, MO, now Central Methodist College, Fayette. She was elected an elementary teacher in Independence in 1896 and later taught mathematics and Latin at the Independence High School.
Three pupils of whom she was most proud were Harry Truman and Bess Wallace who became his wife, and Charles Ross who was Mr. Truman's presidential press secretary before his death. Mrs. Palmer visited her former pupils in the White House before they left Washington in 1953.
In 1899, Miss Hardin married Prof. W.L.C. Palmer a high school teacher, who became superintendent of schools in 1901 and served until 1921. Palmer Junior High School which is on the site of the high school in which she taught and where Prof. Palmer had his office, was named in their honor. Mrs. Palmer left teaching in 1900 to begin the rearing of her family.
An ardent Democrat, Mrs. Palmer took an active interest in politics after her family was grown. She organized the Women's Jackson Democratic Club and was its first president. She also held important state chairmanships.
In 1924, she was elected city assessor, the first woman ever elected a city official. She served 10 years. During the early 1930's and 40's, Mrs. Palmer was woman's field representative for the FHA in Eastern Missouri and was later supervisor of WPA recreation program for Eastern Jackson County.
In the interim, she never ceased her study. She was graduated from and taught in the US Aircraft Engineering School.
She was an active member of the Mary Paxton Study Club (the city's oldest study group) and she organized the Independence Browning Society in 1926 and was its first president. For 20 years, including the last session, she had been the club's study director.
Mrs. Palmer was a charter member of the Independence Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a charter member of the Independence Business & Professional Women's Club. She was cited by Theta Sigma Phi, national professional society for women in journalism, and presented as a woman of achievement for her cultural activities at the 1957 Matrix Table.
Mrs. Palmer was a charter member of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church. She also attended the Young in Heart fellowship.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Helen Cranston of Pomona, Calif. Mrs. Hugh (Elizabeth) Thompson, Waco and Miss Susanne Palmer Jefferson City; two sons William Palmer, Topeka, Kan and Wallace Palmer of the home: a brother, John H. Hardin, 421 N. Liberty, and two sister Mrs. Mayme Hilliard, 728 N. Main and Miss Alice Hardin, Denver. There are four granddaughters and four great-grandchildren
Pallbearers: James Hilliard, Ralph Tyson, William Vardeman, Everett Miller, William Roster, and Frank Brown, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers: Nathan Scarritt, Harry S. Truman, Charles May, Dr. Philip Brooks, Maurice Hughes, Richard Housewright, Dr. William Hickerson, Keith Wilson, Sr., James Fuchs, H. C. Garrison, Henry Bundschu.
Mrs. Palmer dies Saturday at the Independence hospital. She became ill several weeks ago after returning from Waco, Tex., where she spent the winter with a daughter Mrs. Hugh Thompson and family.
Mrs. Palmer, daughter of Hopkins and Susan Westmoreland Hardin, was born in Jackson County and had lived here all of her life. Her father was a Virginian and a Confederate veteran, who settled in Jackson County after the Civil War.
Mrs. Palmer attended the Independence schools and received her BA and MA from old Morrisville Methodist College, Morrisville, MO, now Central Methodist College, Fayette. She was elected an elementary teacher in Independence in 1896 and later taught mathematics and Latin at the Independence High School.
Three pupils of whom she was most proud were Harry Truman and Bess Wallace who became his wife, and Charles Ross who was Mr. Truman's presidential press secretary before his death. Mrs. Palmer visited her former pupils in the White House before they left Washington in 1953.
In 1899, Miss Hardin married Prof. W.L.C. Palmer a high school teacher, who became superintendent of schools in 1901 and served until 1921. Palmer Junior High School which is on the site of the high school in which she taught and where Prof. Palmer had his office, was named in their honor. Mrs. Palmer left teaching in 1900 to begin the rearing of her family.
An ardent Democrat, Mrs. Palmer took an active interest in politics after her family was grown. She organized the Women's Jackson Democratic Club and was its first president. She also held important state chairmanships.
In 1924, she was elected city assessor, the first woman ever elected a city official. She served 10 years. During the early 1930's and 40's, Mrs. Palmer was woman's field representative for the FHA in Eastern Missouri and was later supervisor of WPA recreation program for Eastern Jackson County.
In the interim, she never ceased her study. She was graduated from and taught in the US Aircraft Engineering School.
She was an active member of the Mary Paxton Study Club (the city's oldest study group) and she organized the Independence Browning Society in 1926 and was its first president. For 20 years, including the last session, she had been the club's study director.
Mrs. Palmer was a charter member of the Independence Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a charter member of the Independence Business & Professional Women's Club. She was cited by Theta Sigma Phi, national professional society for women in journalism, and presented as a woman of achievement for her cultural activities at the 1957 Matrix Table.
Mrs. Palmer was a charter member of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church. She also attended the Young in Heart fellowship.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Helen Cranston of Pomona, Calif. Mrs. Hugh (Elizabeth) Thompson, Waco and Miss Susanne Palmer Jefferson City; two sons William Palmer, Topeka, Kan and Wallace Palmer of the home: a brother, John H. Hardin, 421 N. Liberty, and two sister Mrs. Mayme Hilliard, 728 N. Main and Miss Alice Hardin, Denver. There are four granddaughters and four great-grandchildren
Pallbearers: James Hilliard, Ralph Tyson, William Vardeman, Everett Miller, William Roster, and Frank Brown, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers: Nathan Scarritt, Harry S. Truman, Charles May, Dr. Philip Brooks, Maurice Hughes, Richard Housewright, Dr. William Hickerson, Keith Wilson, Sr., James Fuchs, H. C. Garrison, Henry Bundschu.
Wife of William Lewis Collins Palmer
Mrs. Palmer dies Saturday at the Independence hospital. She became ill several weeks ago after returning from Waco, Tex., where she spent the winter with a daughter Mrs. Hugh Thompson and family.
Mrs. Palmer, daughter of Hopkins and Susan Westmoreland Hardin, was born in Jackson County and had lived here all of her life. Her father was a Virginian and a Confederate veteran, who settled in Jackson County after the Civil War.
Mrs. Palmer attended the Independence schools and received her BA and MA from old Morrisville Methodist College, Morrisville, MO, now Central Methodist College, Fayette. She was elected an elementary teacher in Independence in 1896 and later taught mathematics and Latin at the Independence High School.
Three pupils of whom she was most proud were Harry Truman and Bess Wallace who became his wife, and Charles Ross who was Mr. Truman's presidential press secretary before his death. Mrs. Palmer visited her former pupils in the White House before they left Washington in 1953.
In 1899, Miss Hardin married Prof. W.L.C. Palmer a high school teacher, who became superintendent of schools in 1901 and served until 1921. Palmer Junior High School which is on the site of the high school in which she taught and where Prof. Palmer had his office, was named in their honor. Mrs. Palmer left teaching in 1900 to begin the rearing of her family.
An ardent Democrat, Mrs. Palmer took an active interest in politics after her family was grown. She organized the Women's Jackson Democratic Club and was its first president. She also held important state chairmanships.
In 1924, she was elected city assessor, the first woman ever elected a city official. She served 10 years. During the early 1930's and 40's, Mrs. Palmer was woman's field representative for the FHA in Eastern Missouri and was later supervisor of WPA recreation program for Eastern Jackson County.
In the interim, she never ceased her study. She was graduated from and taught in the US Aircraft Engineering School.
She was an active member of the Mary Paxton Study Club (the city's oldest study group) and she organized the Independence Browning Society in 1926 and was its first president. For 20 years, including the last session, she had been the club's study director.
Mrs. Palmer was a charter member of the Independence Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a charter member of the Independence Business & Professional Women's Club. She was cited by Theta Sigma Phi, national professional society for women in journalism, and presented as a woman of achievement for her cultural activities at the 1957 Matrix Table.
Mrs. Palmer was a charter member of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church. She also attended the Young in Heart fellowship.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Helen Cranston of Pomona, Calif. Mrs. Hugh (Elizabeth) Thompson, Waco and Miss Susanne Palmer Jefferson City; two sons William Palmer, Topeka, Kan and Wallace Palmer of the home: a brother, John H. Hardin, 421 N. Liberty, and two sister Mrs. Mayme Hilliard, 728 N. Main and Miss Alice Hardin, Denver. There are four granddaughters and four great-grandchildren
Pallbearers: James Hilliard, Ralph Tyson, William Vardeman, Everett Miller, William Roster, and Frank Brown, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers: Nathan Scarritt, Harry S. Truman, Charles May, Dr. Philip Brooks, Maurice Hughes, Richard Housewright, Dr. William Hickerson, Keith Wilson, Sr., James Fuchs, H. C. Garrison, Henry Bundschu.
Mrs. Palmer dies Saturday at the Independence hospital. She became ill several weeks ago after returning from Waco, Tex., where she spent the winter with a daughter Mrs. Hugh Thompson and family.
Mrs. Palmer, daughter of Hopkins and Susan Westmoreland Hardin, was born in Jackson County and had lived here all of her life. Her father was a Virginian and a Confederate veteran, who settled in Jackson County after the Civil War.
Mrs. Palmer attended the Independence schools and received her BA and MA from old Morrisville Methodist College, Morrisville, MO, now Central Methodist College, Fayette. She was elected an elementary teacher in Independence in 1896 and later taught mathematics and Latin at the Independence High School.
Three pupils of whom she was most proud were Harry Truman and Bess Wallace who became his wife, and Charles Ross who was Mr. Truman's presidential press secretary before his death. Mrs. Palmer visited her former pupils in the White House before they left Washington in 1953.
In 1899, Miss Hardin married Prof. W.L.C. Palmer a high school teacher, who became superintendent of schools in 1901 and served until 1921. Palmer Junior High School which is on the site of the high school in which she taught and where Prof. Palmer had his office, was named in their honor. Mrs. Palmer left teaching in 1900 to begin the rearing of her family.
An ardent Democrat, Mrs. Palmer took an active interest in politics after her family was grown. She organized the Women's Jackson Democratic Club and was its first president. She also held important state chairmanships.
In 1924, she was elected city assessor, the first woman ever elected a city official. She served 10 years. During the early 1930's and 40's, Mrs. Palmer was woman's field representative for the FHA in Eastern Missouri and was later supervisor of WPA recreation program for Eastern Jackson County.
In the interim, she never ceased her study. She was graduated from and taught in the US Aircraft Engineering School.
She was an active member of the Mary Paxton Study Club (the city's oldest study group) and she organized the Independence Browning Society in 1926 and was its first president. For 20 years, including the last session, she had been the club's study director.
Mrs. Palmer was a charter member of the Independence Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a charter member of the Independence Business & Professional Women's Club. She was cited by Theta Sigma Phi, national professional society for women in journalism, and presented as a woman of achievement for her cultural activities at the 1957 Matrix Table.
Mrs. Palmer was a charter member of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church. She also attended the Young in Heart fellowship.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Helen Cranston of Pomona, Calif. Mrs. Hugh (Elizabeth) Thompson, Waco and Miss Susanne Palmer Jefferson City; two sons William Palmer, Topeka, Kan and Wallace Palmer of the home: a brother, John H. Hardin, 421 N. Liberty, and two sister Mrs. Mayme Hilliard, 728 N. Main and Miss Alice Hardin, Denver. There are four granddaughters and four great-grandchildren
Pallbearers: James Hilliard, Ralph Tyson, William Vardeman, Everett Miller, William Roster, and Frank Brown, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers: Nathan Scarritt, Harry S. Truman, Charles May, Dr. Philip Brooks, Maurice Hughes, Richard Housewright, Dr. William Hickerson, Keith Wilson, Sr., James Fuchs, H. C. Garrison, Henry Bundschu.
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