Oren & Katherine Herwick Family

Oren & Katherine Herwick, and a collection of Herwick family photos.
Katherine Slaymaker Herwick was born January 15, 1898 at Douglas Wyoming and attended schools there.
Oren Hilton Herwick was born November 12, 1889 at State Bridge, Eagle County, one of 13 children.
Oren's feet were crippled, he said they were run over by a wagon wheel when he was young.
Katherine and Oren were married at Douglas June 10, 1919. They had one son, Norman, and three daughters, Orian, Zelda, and Carol.
Oren served in the Colorado National Guard during WWI, enlisting August 22, 1918. He worked in construction at an ammunition plant in West Virginia, and was discharged January 24, 1921 in Rifle. During the later part of his service time, he was building houses in Wyoming. Would have met Katherine then.
They lived in the Grand Valley area from 1919 to 1960, but with Oren passing in 1952. After 1960, Katherine then lived in the Grand Junction area.
The Herwicks ranched on Battlement Mesa, and Oren also engaged in mining, carpentry, and contracting.
Katherine was a member of the Episcopal Church and was a 50 year member of the Rebekah Lodge, of which she had served as noble grand.
Oren passed away November 1952 in Grand Valley. Katherine passed away May 11, 1975 in Grand Junction. They are both buried in the Battlement Mesa Cemetery.

 

Oren and Katherine Herwick Oren Herwick

 

  Ida - Her Labor of Love
by Carol Crawford McManus (available at Garfield County Colorado Libraries)

    

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

  Katherine (Slaymaker) Herwick

 

 

 

          

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