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Vitalis Roch Dries Hons, 1909-1999
Posted on January 17, 2012 by admin

Mrs. Hons died at the age of 90, on October 17, 1999 at her home in Union City, OK.

She taught English at the Anadarko Junior High School during the middle 1940's. She was a graduate of Oklahoma A&M College, now Oklahoma State University, where she was a member of the honor societies of Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi and Alpha Zeta Pi.

Her teaching career also included positions in a classical one-room schoolhouse at Lone Star School, five miles east of Union City and Norfolk School near Cushing, OK.

She was 19 years old when she started teaching at Lone Star. The year was 1928 and she was paid $80 per month. She was paid extra because she played the piano. In addition to teaching her duties included all of the janitorial work at the school.

Mrs. Hons was born on February 21, 1909 in Union City to Fred Dries Sr. and Margaret Fuhring Dries.

She married George Charles Hons on June 30, 1949. They lived on a farm near Seymour, Texas, southwest of Wichita Falls. He preceded her in death on August 28, 1995.

She was named Vitalis Roch for two Divine Providence Sisters who taught at St. Joseph?s School in Union City at the time of her birth. The Sisters were good friends of her mother.

Rosary services for Mrs. Hons were held on October 19 at St. Joseph Church in Union City, where she was a lifelong member and belonged to the Altar Society. Mass of Christian Burial was held on October 20th. Burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery.

She was survived by a son George Gerard ?Jerry? Hons of Union City.

Vitalis married George Charles Hons on 30 Jun 1949 in Union City, Canadian County, Oklahoma, USA. George was born on 7 Oct 1905 in North Carolina, USA; died on 28 Aug 1995 in Texas, USA; was buried in St. Joseph`s Cemetery, Union City, Canadian County, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]