Hedwig "Hedda" Jordan
October 4, 1935 ~ February 26, 2023
Hedwig “Hedda” Jordan died Sunday, February 26, 2023 at Columbus Regional Hospital at the age of 87. Hedda was born October 4, 1935, in Rheingonheim, Germany, one of eleven children of Wilhelm and Marie Frosch. The deprivations and trauma of growing up during World War II would inform the rest of her life.
On September 11, 1953, she would walk into a café to escape a rainstorm and meet U.S. soldier Ed Jordan. It was his birthday. Soon after, they would marry and move to Ed’s native Indiana. They were married nearly 60 years before his death in January of 2016.
Hedda loved her adopted country but retained her core, very German qualities: fiercely loyal to her family, thriftiness, stubbornness and especially a firm believer in hard work. Her many jobs included, housecleaner, sales lady at Stansfield Dress Shop, assisting at auctions for Wetzel/Turner and as a school bus monitor for BCSC. Only after losing her eyesight in her early eighties, did she retire. She was often described as being “a pistol” and “ a force of nature”. She will be missed.
Surviving are sons, Harold and Robert; sister, Rose (Tom) Shoop; brother George (Bridget) Frosch; granddaughters, Alina (Mark) Jordan and Annika Jordan; great-granddaughter, Franziska; great grandson, Lars; daughter in law, Mechthild and sisters in law, Darla Brown and Anna Frosch.
The family would like to thank the residents and staff at Green Tree Senior Living and the fine, caring nurses and doctors at Columbus Regional Hospital.
Cremation is planned. Visitation is at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home 3855 25th Street Columbus, Indiana on Saturday, March 4 between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. Please no flowers. Donations can be made to Riley Children’s Foundation (https://give.rileykids.org) 500 N. Meridian St. Suite 100 Indianapolis, IN 46204-3509, or to UNICEF (unicefusa.org) please designate “Children in Ukraine”.
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We always have a time of fellowship and refreshments following the worship service, and Hedda enjoyed the goodies…..she said once, “I know I weighed much less before I started coming to this church!” We all had a good laugh, and Hedda loved to laugh!
What a beautiful lady, inside and out. Hedda and I both worked for the school corporation. I was an administrative assistant and she was a bus monitor. She really loved working with those children. She would come in for work early and we would talk for a few minutes until time for her to leave. She was a very kind hearted, funny, interesting lady. My grandson and I got the opportunity to visit with her at Greentree a few times and the last visit, he drew the Rhine river with buildings on the bank. We left her a couple notes written in German and left it at the front desk at Greentree. She was not feeling up to visitors. I will really miss her and her stories. Pat Spears
Such a wonderful person. If you ever met her you would never forget her. And now she is with our Lord and her Eddie. Rest In Peace Dear Lady
Truly “one of a kind “———With our sympathies——Dan &Jenni Lanham
Hedda my sweet friend I got to know her working at Greentree. She was Hedda sweet,careing &
had a bit of spunk to her just loved her!!
Fly high baby girl!
Prayers & hugs to her family. Angie
Please accept our very deepest sympathy at the passing of your loved one; she was a good friend who we enjoyed visiting with when she was able to attend the Petersville United Methodist Church. We pray that the Lord will bless all of her family with comfort and peace. Don & Patsy Harris
A beautiful video of family and precious Hedda!