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[[File:pierce.jpg|250px|thumb|left|]]HUGHES, Mary Lou Pierce | [[File:pierce.jpg|250px|thumb|left|]]HUGHES, Mary Lou Pierce. (Minneapolis, MN, Jan. 16, 1920--Indianapolis, IN, Dec. 31, 2014). The daughter of Edwin J. Pierce and Blanche (Collins) Pierce, Mary Lou graduated from Washburn High School in Minneapolis. She attended the University of Minnesota and was a member of Alpha Phi Sorority. She married [[HUGHES, Herbert L.|Herbert L. HUGHES]] in 1940. | ||
In Minneapolis, Mary Lou did volunteer work with Minneapolis Junior League and served as a President of the Minneapolis Woman's Club. In Dubuque, she served as a "hostess" for her husband's family's business, [[FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.]] She served on the board of [[FINLEY HOSPITAL (THE)]]. She had her own store, Pizzazz, a boutique in the historic [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]. In addition to Pizzazz, she had a store, MLH Limited, also in the Julien Hotel a few years after Pizzazz, and later in the Executive Inn in Evansville, Ind. In Key Largo, Fla., she was a founding contributor to the Ocean Reef Cultural Center. | In Minneapolis, Mary Lou did volunteer work with Minneapolis Junior League and served as a President of the Minneapolis Woman's Club. In Dubuque, she served as a "hostess" for her husband's family's business, [[FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.]] She served on the board of [[FINLEY HOSPITAL (THE)]]. She had her own store, Pizzazz, a boutique in the historic [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]. In addition to Pizzazz, she had a store, MLH Limited, also in the Julien Hotel a few years after Pizzazz, and later in the Executive Inn in Evansville, Ind. In Key Largo, Fla., she was a founding contributor to the Ocean Reef Cultural Center. | ||
Revision as of 02:27, 14 January 2015
HUGHES, Mary Lou Pierce. (Minneapolis, MN, Jan. 16, 1920--Indianapolis, IN, Dec. 31, 2014). The daughter of Edwin J. Pierce and Blanche (Collins) Pierce, Mary Lou graduated from Washburn High School in Minneapolis. She attended the University of Minnesota and was a member of Alpha Phi Sorority. She married Herbert L. HUGHES in 1940.
In Minneapolis, Mary Lou did volunteer work with Minneapolis Junior League and served as a President of the Minneapolis Woman's Club. In Dubuque, she served as a "hostess" for her husband's family's business, FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. She served on the board of FINLEY HOSPITAL (THE). She had her own store, Pizzazz, a boutique in the historic HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE. In addition to Pizzazz, she had a store, MLH Limited, also in the Julien Hotel a few years after Pizzazz, and later in the Executive Inn in Evansville, Ind. In Key Largo, Fla., she was a founding contributor to the Ocean Reef Cultural Center.
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Obituaries. Telegraph Herald, January 5, 2015, p. 5C