Background
Farr, Hilda Butler was born on January 6, 1894 in Rochester, Kent, England.
Farr, Hilda Butler was born on January 6, 1894 in Rochester, Kent, England.
Student Trinity College of Music, London, England, (two scholarships), 1909-1910.
Composer: (for piano) Roller Skating, 1929. Writer of verse for the Wake of the News column, Chicago Tribune, since 1937 (a founder of Wake of the News contributors banquet, 1942, and served annually as chairman). Press Women, Illinois.
Member Dickens’ Fellowship, Eugene Field Society (honorary.
Married Earl Edward Farr, April. Children: Elsie Muriel, Gordon Butler.
