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Clyde Whitaker Hudelson

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Clyde Whitaker Hudelson

Birth
Chambersburg, Pike County, Illinois, USA
Death
18 Aug 1973 (aged 84)
Normal, McLean County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.4899254, Longitude: -88.9277803
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Clyde W. Hudelson, 84, former mayor of Normal and head of the Illinois State University Agriculture Department, died at 7:20 p.m. died Saturday at Brokaw Hospital.

He served as Normal's mayor from July, 1944, to March, 1946. He was head of the ISU agriculture department from 1920 until his retirement in 1957.

He was born Oct. 26, 1888, in Chambersburg, a son of Robert C. and Katherine Whittaker Hudelson.

He married Bertha Reynolds Sept. 10, 1914, in Chicago.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Paul and George; a sister, Mrs. A.B. Yoder, three grandsons and a great-granddaughter.

Three brothers preceded him in death.

He was a charter member of the Normal Rotary Club and named president in its second year, and a charter member of the Illinois Archeological Society. He also was a member of the Normal Masonic Lodge, the Bloomington Consistory and the Second Presbyterian Church.

The Pantagraph
Bloomington, Illinois
Monday, August 20, 1973
Clyde W. Hudelson, 84, former mayor of Normal and head of the Illinois State University Agriculture Department, died at 7:20 p.m. died Saturday at Brokaw Hospital.

He served as Normal's mayor from July, 1944, to March, 1946. He was head of the ISU agriculture department from 1920 until his retirement in 1957.

He was born Oct. 26, 1888, in Chambersburg, a son of Robert C. and Katherine Whittaker Hudelson.

He married Bertha Reynolds Sept. 10, 1914, in Chicago.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Paul and George; a sister, Mrs. A.B. Yoder, three grandsons and a great-granddaughter.

Three brothers preceded him in death.

He was a charter member of the Normal Rotary Club and named president in its second year, and a charter member of the Illinois Archeological Society. He also was a member of the Normal Masonic Lodge, the Bloomington Consistory and the Second Presbyterian Church.

The Pantagraph
Bloomington, Illinois
Monday, August 20, 1973


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13281509/clyde_whitaker-hudelson: accessed ), memorial page for Clyde Whitaker Hudelson (26 Oct 1888–18 Aug 1973), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13281509, citing East Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Mausoleum, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by RWCNAC (contributor 46739623).