Ida L. Hutchinson celebrated her 93rd birthday with a big party at the Elks Club in July of 1948. Her son Harry and his wife planned the event. Ida was born on July 19, 1855 in Speedsville, New York. She came to Tacoma in 1906 with her husband Frank. She died on February 2, 1949 leaving one son, two daughters, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. (T. Times, 7/22/48, p. 10).

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