Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Iva Mabel Heitzenrater Richards (October 4, 1879 to May 23, 1963)


~Iva Mabel Hetizenrater Richards~
Post Falls, ID
Circa 1959


~4 Generations~
Iva holding her Great-Granddaughter Heidi (6 months old)
Her daughter Sara Emily Richards Martin (Sallie)
Her grandson Richard Bruce Martin
Photo Taken:  July 1961 in Post Falls, ID

Iva was born Iva Mabel Heitzenrater to John K. Heitzenrater and Sarah Elizabeth Sutter Heitzenrater on October 4, 1879 in Covode, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Her siblings were Malinda (born 1866), unnamed brother (born 1867), John (born 1868), Emma (born 1869), Susan (born 1871), Samuel (born 1873), William (born 1874), Lillie Mae (born 1875), James (born 1877), Jeannette (born 1878), and Pearl (born 1881).


~Iva's Parents:  John K. Heitzenrater and Sarah Elizabeth Sutter Heitzenrater~
Circa 1880-1900


~Iva's Certificate of Graduation from Indiana County Common Schools
on March 21, 1896-her teacher was her older sister, Lillie Mae.~




~Heitzenrater Family Farm in Pennsylvania~
Circa 1899


~Iva with Unknown Baby (perhaps a niece or nephew)~
Circa 1900

Iva married Edward E. Richards on July 3, 1901 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. 





Edward was born to January 28, 1879 to William D. Richards and Emily Amelia Philips Richards in Whales. I would like to know how Edward and Iva met-why they chose to get married in Buffalo, New York-who attended their wedding-and if the two witnesses were friends. One of the witnesses was Mary Stauffer-I suppose the wife of the person performing their wedding-Byron H. Stauffer. Edward was a steel worker then later became an engineer in the steel mills.

~First Child of Edward and Iva~
William John Richards-7 months old
Died April 26, 1903 from Pertussis (Whooping Cough)a few days after this photo was taken.


~Family of Edward and Iva
Josef J. (born 1907), Edward, Sallie (born 1908), Iva, and James E. (born 1905)~
Circa 1915

~Iva, Josef, Sallie, Edward, and James
818 South Oakland
Sharon, PA~
Circa 1818

~Edward, Josef, Iva, James~
Circa 1818



~Edward at Sharon, PA Home~
Circa 1818

~Heidi Standing in Front of 
Sharon, PA Home-July 14, 2014~

Nancy, Richard, and Robert Martin were born here.

I cannot begin to describe my feelings when I stood on the same ground as my father, my aunts, uncles, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great grandparents. They were here and now I was.

~Valerie Standing in Front of
Sharon, PA Home-July 14, 2014


800 Block of South Oakland
Sharon, PA-July 14, 2014








~Edward on Christmas Day 1928-Child Unknown~

Thomas Arthur Martin and Sallie Richards were married the night before-standing in front of a Christmas tree.  I believe it was in the living room of the Sharon, PA home.  Edward died from appendicitis and pneumonia on January 9, 1929.  He was 49 years old. Iva moved in with Tom and Sallie and lived with them for the rest of her life.


~Tom, Sallie, and Iva~
Circa 1929
Tom and Sallie had four children:  Nancy (born January 19, 1930), Richard (born April 8, 1933), Robert (born August 1936/37), and Gerald (born June 22, 1943).


~First Child of Tom and Sallie-
Nancy Jeanne Martin Davies-7 Weeks Old
Born January 19, 1930 at home Sharon, PA.~

Within her first year of life, Nancy contracted Pertussis.  Iva was in the home and helped Sallie nurse Nancy from this frightening disease.  I have often wonderful how Iva was able to help care for her granddaughter as she suffered from the same illness that killed her first child.


~Tom and Sallie Martin home on Collar-Price Road in Brookfiled, OH.~
The family moved just across the Pennsylvania/Ohio border in the late 1930s or early 1940s to Brookfield, OH. In photo:  Tom, Richard, Jerry, and Robert (not sure who the woman is).


~Iva working with flowers at Brookfield, OH home~
Circa 1940s


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~Brookfield, OH yard~
July 14, 2014
The home was torn down about 60 years ago. The place where house stood is still very easy to see...the well is still on the property. 

The Tom and Martin family moved to Post Falls, ID in 1951.  Tom got a position as a mechanical engineer in Spokane, WA working with the U.S. Government.



~Iva in Post Falls, ID~
Circa 1960


~Iva with Nancy~
Circa 1955


~Iva in Post Falls, ID~
Circa 1958



~Valerie and Heidi at the gravesite of Edward and Iva Richards~
July 14, 2014




Richard and Connie Martin never knew where Iva was buried.  She died during a very difficult family time.  Connie had been admitted to the hospital in Ogden, UT, then she was transferred to the State Mental Hospital in Blackfoot, ID.  Heidi was 2 1/2 years old and Todd was about 11 months old.  They were in the home of Tom and Sallie Martin in Post Falls, ID. Sallie was worried about her daughter-in-law in the hospital, caring for her two grandchildren, then her mother passed away.  Iva was cremated then buried next to her husband in the Richards family plot at the Oakwood Cemetery in Sharon, PA.  The last three photos are proof from the cemetery that Iva is buried there (mailed to Heidi on August 2, 2014). It is unknown why there is not a headstone for Iva.



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