The Shelbyville News
Thursday May 1, 2003
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Thelma R. Wilder, 79, Rushville died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, Millers Merry Manor,
Rushville.
Born June 1, 1923 in Shelbyville, to Leslie & Lorene (Hobbs)
Knarr.
Married Robert L. Wilder August 16, 1941. He preceded in death July
22, 1994
Survivors include 2 daughters, Mrs. Robert (Jeanine) Shook and
Mrs. Tyrone
(Ruth Ann) Wise, both of Rushville; 6 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren;
and 2 great-great grandchildren.
She retired from Schnadig Corp in 1983, after 32 years of service
Member of Little Blue River Church of Christ, Rushville, Eagles Lodge
Auxiliary & Hint-Hunters Home Ec Club
Burial in East Hill Cemetery in Rushville.
Contributed and summarized by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday May 26, 1949
Page 1 column 7
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AGED COUNTY MAN SUCCUMBS
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(Thursday, May 19, 1949)
John D. Wilder, 91-year-old former resident of Waldron, died Wednesday
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at the Maple Convalescent Home at Fountaintown.
He
had been confined to the nursing home for about two years.
Mr. Wilder was born in Shelby county on January 22, 1858, and with the
exception of 30 years spent in Kansas when a young man, he always had resided in
Shelby county. He never was married and there are no immediate survivors.
Funeral services will be held at the Ewing mortuary Friday at 2:00 p.m. with
Rev. M. T. Eichols officiating. Burial will be in the Vienna cemetery in Rush
county. Friends may call at the mortuary after 7:00 o’clock this evening.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelby Democrat
Friday March 9, 1917
Page 1 column 2
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NEARING NINETY-TWO
AS DEATH CALL CAME
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Mrs. Sarah J. Wilder Passed Away
This Morning Near Waldron
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Mrs. Sarah J. Wilder, widow of Calvin Seymour Wilder, one of
the oldest women of the county, passed away at 7:15 o’clock this morning at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Greenberry [Mary A.] McDuffee,
in Liberty
township, two miles north of Waldron. Mrs. Wilder would have been 92 years old
on the twenty-fourth day of next July. She had been in excellent health until
about two years ago, and when her health failed she went to the home of her
daughter, where she had been cared for most tenderly.
Mrs. Wilder was born in Pendleton county, Kentucky, but she came to this
county with her parents when she was only eight years old. Except for a few
years spent in Illinois and Iowa she had been a resident of Shelby county since,
living most of the time in the community where her death occurred.
Her marriage to Mr. Wilder was solemnized in 1846.
He died in 1889, and Mrs.
Wilder is survived by her daughter and three sons and a sister. The sons are Charles
Wilder, of Kansas; John D. Wilder, of Waldron and Edgar Wilder,
of Denver Colorado. The sister is Mrs. Martha Bondurant of Bethany,
Missouri. Mrs. Wilder had been a member of the Methodist church for many years,
and was loved and respected by all who knew her.
The funeral services will be held at the Vienna church at 3 o’clock Sunday
afternoon, the Rev. A.R. Jones officiating, and the burial will be made in the
Vienna Cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix.
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Decatur County, Indiana Marriages
Calvin S. Wilder & Sarah Jane Caldwell
May 20, 1847
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Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, November 20, 1906
Page 7 column 2
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Sylvania L. Wilder, died at the residence of her mother in Waldron, Thursday morning at 4:10
o'clock, of tuberculosis, aged fifty-two years, eleven months and four days.
She leaves a mother, one
sister, Mrs. Greenbury McDuffie of Waldron: three brothers, Charles of Indian Territory, John D. of Missouri, Edward W. Wilder
of Oklahoma. Also a sister-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Wilder, of this city.
She was a member of the Vienna M. E. Church, where the funeral services will be
held Saturday morning at 10:30, the Rev. Mr. Bean officiating.
Interment in Vienna cemetery. Cortege
will leave the home at 9:30. Stewart & Fix in charge.
Submitted by Barb Huff
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