Shelby  County  Indiana
Obituaries

Weidner / Widner / Widener

The  Shelbyville  News
Saturday, June 7, 1980
Weidner
----------

Mrs. Mary Weidner, 95, Rushville, died Friday.
Lifelong Rush County resident.
Member of the Main Street Christian Church, Rushville.
Born Jan. 14, 1885 in Rush County, d/o  Samuel R. and Laura (Mull) Mahan.
Married Sept 1, 1926 to  Carl Weidner  who died July 19, 1962.
Surviving :  3 sisters, Mrs. Dale (Mabel) Fisher,  Rushville, Mrs. Ray (Louisa) Sample, R.R.6, Rushville, and Mrs. Clyde (Rema) Owens,  Knightstown;  2 brothers Wilbur Mahin, Shelbyville, and Fred J. Mahan, Rushville.
Two sisters and a brother preceded in death.
Wyatt-Moore Mortuary with the Rev. Paul Palusko officiating.
Burial will be in East Hill Cemetery, Rushville.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

Indiana Telephone News
(An Indiana Bell Magazine)
November 1954
----------

          Clarence L. "Jack" Widner  of the Indianapolis Plant died October 20 (1954) at his home in Shelbyville.  Mr. Widner was 61 years old and had been in the telephone business about 39 years.
          He began as groundman for the Central Union Telephone Co. and his other jobs included lineman, station installation foreman at Indianapolis, and combinationman; also exchange repairman at Shelbyville.  About a year ago he transferred to Indianapolis as storekeeper in the Main Garage.
          Funeral services and burial were conducted October 22 at Walton, where Indiana Bell friends assisted as pallbearers.  They were  John Hannefey,  William Hart,  Carroll Krise,  Jack Lanahan,  Howard Ulrey  and  Kenneth Zerbe.
          His widow, Rowena, survives; also a step-daughter, Mrs. Thelma Buytaert  of Indianapolis, and a step-granddaughter.
Contributed by Russ and Rita Courtney

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Wednesday April 26, 1911
Page 4 column 4
----------

          Jacob Weidner  died suddenly of heart trouble at the home of his niece, Mrs. Benjamin Miller, St. Paul at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning aged 72 years 8 months and 11 days.  The end came as he was sitting in a chair and occurred before shocked relatives could summon medical aid.  He had been in failing health for several months, but his condition was not considered serious.  Mrs. Miller was alone with him at the time he was stricken and she at once summoned Dr. Wilcox, but the aged man was dead when the physician arrived.  Mr. Weidner was a life-long resident of Noble township, and was widely known as a successful farmer and thoroughly dependable citizen whose character was above reproach.  He was a brother of the late  Daniel Weidner, of Noble township.  His wife died several years ago and for a time he made his home with John Hinkle, in Noble township.  He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Flora Taylor  of Crupp, Washington.  The funeral will await her arrival, and will be held at the Valley church at ten o’clock next Sunday morning, April 30, Rev. Mr. Bevin, of St. Paul officiating, and the interment will be made in the Ogden cemetery.  The deceased leaves three sisters,  Mrs. Gross,  Mrs. Hannah Hinkle  and  Mrs. Katherine Dodds, and a brother, Leander, who lives in Arcola, Illinois. 
Contributed by Barb Huff

A  Shelbyville  Newspaper
Tuesday, April 25, 1911
Page 1
----------
ST.  PAUL  MAN  PASSED
AWAY  VERY  SUDDENLY
----------
Jacob Weidner Died At Home
Of Relative This A.M. -- Was
Born on a Farm in Noble
Township Where He Spent
Practically All of His
Life -- Funeral Obsequies
Will Be Held at the M. E.
Church in St. Paul
Thursday Morning.
----------

          Jacob Weidner,  aged 72 years, expired very suddenly and unexpectedly at about eleven o'clock this morning at the thome of his niece,  Mrs. Benjamin Miller,  in St. Paul.  He was sitting in a chair when he was seized with an attack of heart failure.  Before a physician could reach his side he was dead.  News of his death came as a great shock to his friends and acquaintances.  Altho he had been in failing health for several months, his condition was not regarded as being critical.
          Mr. Weidner was born on a farm in Noble township.  He always lived on a farm up until a few months ago when he went to the home of his niece to reside.  He was a brother of  Daniel Weidner,  of Noble township, who passed away about two years ago.  Mrs. Miller was the only person in the house at the time her uncle was stricken.  She hastily called Dr. Wilcox, but the spirit of the aged man had already started on its heavenly flight before the physician arrived.
          Hundreds of persons living in the southern part of Shelby county knew  Jake Weidner,  as his friends called him.  He was a man with a character above reproach and was universally loved and respected.  He was a democrat in politics and always worked for the success of his party in each political campaign after he became a voter.  He formerly lived at the home of  John Hinkle  in Noble township and at one time owned a farm in that township.  His wife died several years ago.
          The funeral obsequies will be held at the M. E. church in St. Paul at ten-thirty o'clock Thursday morning.  Rev. James L. Brown, of Union township, who was formerly pastor of the church, will officiate.  Interment will be made in the cemetery in St. Paul.  Of the immediate family, Mr. Weidner is survived by one daughter,  Mrs. Flora Taylor,  of Crupp, Wash.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Democrat
Thursday March 1, 1906
Page 3 column 2
----------
DAVID  WEIDNER
----------

          The funeral of  David Weidner, who died at his home in Indianapolis on Thursday evening, was held at the Valley church Monday morning at 10 o'clock and burial was made in the Ogden cemetery in charge of R. T. Stewart.  The remains were brought to Waldron on an early train.  Mr. Weidner was about sixty years old, and had been living in Indianapolis for the past thirty years.  He formerly resided near St. Paul and was a brother to Daniel Weidner.  He leaves a wife, who was a daughter of the late  Nicholas  Bailey, but no children.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Janet Price

A  Shelbyville  Newspaper
Tuesday, December 16, 1902
---------

          John W. Widener,  a highly respected citizen of St. Paul, Ind., died at his home in that place, on the morning of December 12th, 1902, in the 38th year of his age.  He leaves a wife and two children to mourn his loss.  Funeral services will be held at Valley church on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.  Rev. Steritt, officiating.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

Obituary Index       Main Page

To contact researchers listed above, use the  Surname Index