Arvilla Hope was the first child born
to Harry and Lizzie (Collins) Weibling.
She was born February 5th, 1905 in Robinson, Kansas.
She married Arley Otto Hedrick March 15th, 1922 in Hiawatha, Kansas.
Arley was born the 26th of September, 1902 in Linn Creek, Missouri.
Arvilla and Arley sang beautifully together.
They both passed away in their home, on September 28th, 1985. After accidentally leaving
their car running in the garage, they passed a few hours later from asphyxiation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arvilla’s uncle Marion
Weibling makes reference to Arvilla in a letter
written in April, 1906. He talks about how "sweet" Harry’s baby is.
He writes, "I taught her to dance like the Indians do".
Everyone that knew Arvilla loved her.
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