The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Wildia J. Wilson
Mrs. George (Wildia J.) WILSON, 65, 408 Pontiac street, died at 10:35 a.m. today after
an illness of six months. She had lived here only about six months, moving from Kewanna.
Mrs. Wilson was born in Walnut township, Marshall county, on Nov. 25, 1893, the
daughter of James S. and Rachel ROGERS PERSONETTE. She was married Dec. 28, 1915, in
Rochester and was a member of the Prairie Grove E.U.B. church.
Surviving are three sons, Don [WILSON], Rochester, George [WILSON], Jr.,
Mishawaka, and Hugh [WILSON], Kewanna; two daughters, Mrs. Leon (Sally) CRIPPEN, Fulton
and Mrs. Laura MURPHY, Rochester; eight grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Hugh CLOUD,
Rochester, and a brother, Boyd PERSONETTE, Prairie Springs, Mich. Mrs. Wilson’s parents,
one son, three sisters and two brothers preceded her in death.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Prairie Grove E.U.B. church with the Rev.
George BOSARD officiating assisted by the Rev. Lloyd OVERMYER. Burial will be in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Friends may call at the Foster & Good funeral home after 10 a.m. Friday and until noon
Saturday. The body will lie in state at the church, one hour before services.
Frank A. Lozier
Frank A. LOZIER, 80, Bourbon, father of Mrs. Paul WHEADON, R.R. 5, Rochester,
died at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday at the Community hospital, Bremen, after an illness of seven
weeks.
A lifelong resident of Marshall county, Mr. Lozier was born Dec. 18, 1878, and was
married Oct. 9, 1897, to Alice M. HINKLE who preceded him in death. Mr. Lozier attended the
Summit Chapel church in Bourbon.
Survivingt besides Mrs. Wheadon are four other daughters, Mrs. Ray HARTER and Mrs.
Wendel LONG, both of Bourbon, Mrs. Ralph WILLIS, Jasper, Fla., and Mrs. Harold
BRADBURY, Goshen; four sons, Charles [LOZIER], Tippecanoe, and Harley, Carl and Robert
[LOZIER], all of Bourbon; thirty grandchildren; twenty-four great-grandchildren, and one greatgreat-grandchild.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. Henry HIDDINGS at
the Tippecanoe Community church and burial will be in the Summit Chapel cemetery, Bourbon.
Friends may call at the Robbins funeral home, Bourbon.
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Friday, January 16, 1959 to Saturday, January 17, 1959
Monday, January 19, 1959
Margaret E. Burnham
Mrs. Margaret E. BURNHAM, 62, a native of Rochester, died Jan. 14 in Melrose, Mass.,
where she had resided the past 35 years. Funeral rites and burial were held Saturday in Melrose.
The daughter of Joel and Elma BAER STOCKBERGER, Mrs. Burnham is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy O’BERRY, Lansing, Mich., Mrs. Marilyn HOWARD, Bedford,
Mass., and Mrs. Joan KING, North Reading, Mass.; one sister, Mrs. Fern EDWARDS, Minerva,
O., and one brother, Dennis STOCKBERGER, Springfield, Mo.