Mary Fendrich Hulman
American philanthropist (1905-1998)
Mary Fendrich Hulman (March 13, 1905 – April 10, 1998) was the wife of the late Indiana industrialist Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr. and matriarch of the Hulman-George family that controls Hulman & Company.
Early life
She was born March 13, 1905, in Evansville, Indiana. Hulman was the only child of Fendrich Cigar Company president John H. Fendrich and Nettie Buttriss Fendrich. The Fendrich family was among Evansville's prominent Catholic families; Mary attended Catholic schools.
Marriage and family
Mary met Tony Hulman in the early 1920s in Atlantic City, where both families summered. On October 6, 1926, the couple married in a lavish ceremony in Evansville.
The couple settled in Terre Haute, Indiana following a European honeymoon. Tony became sales manager of Hulman & Co., while Mary set up housekeeping in the city's Farrington's Grove neighborhood.
Their first child, Mary, was born in Evansville in 1930, but died shortly after birth.
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