Mary Virginia Hendricks was born September 24, 1924, in Boone, Iowa, the third of four children to Abraham "A.J." and Virginia Kading. She died peacefully on August 3, 2019 in San Marcos, Texas.
Mary graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Boone and attended the University of Iowa. She married Clayton Hendricks in Iowa City on June 5, 1948. Mary had a career as a military spouse, with strength and dedication equal to her husband's.
Mary's military life led her to live in Spokane, Washington; Hawaii and Virginia Beach, Virginia. She and Clayt had two children and Mary was the unrecognized strength of the family, raising children while Clayt was called to fight in his second and third wars as a career Marine.
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