Florence Huck (1883 – 1975)

Florence Lorraine Huck, 92, of 707 Irvine Ave. died June 4, 1975. She had been a resident of her home on Irvine Avenue since 1904 when she lived with her mother and stepfather Elizabeth and William Hillgrove and several younger brothers and sisters.

Miss  Huck was born March 13, 1883, at Wellesley, Ontario, and attended school in New Hamburg, also in Ontario. She came to Bemidji in 1904 and made her home here since. For a time she taught in the Nebish School and later worked at the W. G. Schroeder General Store for a few years. In 1920 she joined the establishment of Given Hardware as a bookkeper in Bemidji and was employed there until they sold in 1952.