ANCESTOR OBITUARIES W/Z

WALKER, Lydia (Bunker). (Submitted by Toni Naccache, [email protected], on 02 Aug, 2001. The original obituary appeared in a newspaper in Valley Falls, Kansas.) [Surnames: FUSSELL, BUNKER, BROWN, TRIPP, SLOOP, WRIGHT.] After an illness of one year Mrs. Dove WALKER died at her home Wednesday morning of apoplexy--after the sixth stroke in a year, which fell last Saturday. Lydia Bunker was born in Madison County, Indiana, August 22, 1835, and died at Valley Falls, Kansas, November 17, 1915, aged 80 years, 2 months and 25 days. In Madison County, Indiana, where she was raised Lydia was married to William F. Walker, familiarly known as Dove Walker, July 30, 1854. Immediately after their marriage, they left for Kansas Territory which had been thrown open to settlement that year. In a one horse wagon they drove across the states to their new home in the wild west. They went to housekeeping in a log cabin at what is now Pleasant Valley, a few miles below Ozawkie in the then Delaware Indian lands. One day in the late fall, while.......had gone to St. Joe for provisio....his wife was staying with a .......their cabin and all its conte.......burned by the Indians In January when the gro.....covered in deep snow they ..............the Delaware river a few mi.......Ozawkie, to their new claim ....cabin without a roof and full of.........awaited them. They cleaned out the snow, got under a wagon sheet and began making clapboards for the roof, and were soon at home in a swell cabin. That place was their home for 30 years, where they prospered and retired to Valley Falls in 1885 which continued to be their home until the call of the reaper, death. Mr. Walker died August 26th, 1913, and now she has gone to join him on the other shore. She was a faithful member of the Christian Church for many years. They left no issue. She is survived by her two brothers John Bunker of Valley Falls, Will Bunker of Holton, and one sister, Mrs. Hepie Collins of Indiana. The funeral will be held from the Christian church this Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Chas. Kimball, her pastor, will conduct the service. The burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery, by the side of Dove. [Note: incomplete portions are the result of missing edges on the original obituary clipping.]

WHITE, Eliza (Extracted from the Anderson Herald, Tuesday, April 14, 1908, Page 3.) (Special to the Herald. Lapel, Ind. April 13.) [Surnames: WHITE, MILLER, BARRON, SIMMERSON] MRS. WHITE DIED SUDDENLY AT LAPEL - Mrs. Eliza White, wife of Joseph White, died suddenly at 5 o'clock this morning. Mrs. White had been in poor health for about six weeks, but on Saturday night was taken much worse. Her physician pronounced her disease as cancer of the stomach and while it was feared she could not live long, her death this morning was most unexpected. She was sitting up in her bed when she gasped and fell back dead.

Mrs. White was 53 years of age, was born in North Carolina. The family moved to Lapel from near Deming, Ind. seven years ago. Mrs. White leaves a husband and seven children, the latter being: B. Guy White; Mrs. Ethel Miller, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Myrtle Barron of Anderson; John H. White; Blaine White, who is a member of the 20th Infantry, now in Hawaiin islands; Mrs. Grace Simmerson and Miss Joyce White, of Lapel. Two children are dead. The funeral will be held on Wednesday, in charge of Rev. H. T. Walker of the U. B. Church. Interment in Brookside cemetery.

WILSON, Thelma (Straughan). (Submitted by Ellenor Straughan, [email protected], 23 Jul 2001) From the Journal and Courier, Lafayette, IN, dated June 18, 1974. Mrs. Thelma Straughan Wilson , 77,of 1001 1/2 Heath St.,died at 6:15 p.m.. Monday in Turtle Creek Convalescent Center where she had been a patient since June, 1973. She had been in failing health two years. Born in Henderson, Tenn., she was married in 1915 to Thomas H.Wilson .He died in 1949. She had been a resident of Lafayette 25 years ,moving here from Muskogee, Okla. She was a retired restaurant employe and was a member of St. John`s Episcopal Church. Surviving are a daughter , Mrs.Alfred (Lorane) Nickolson of Lafayette; four sons, Lloyd and Grant of Tulsa, Okla.; Harold of Tarpon Springs,FLA.; and Jim of Denver, Colo; three sisters: Mrs. Mary Carroll of St.Augustine,Texas; Mrs. Ethel Sttlemyre of Elwood, Ind.and Mrs.Rose Dyer of Clearlake, Calf.; and two brothers: Jack Straughan of St. Augustine,Texas and Louis Straughan of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

WRIGHT, Ellen. (Submitted by Travis LeMaster, <[email protected]> on 20 May 2001, 12:00 PM. Obituary from "Alexandria Times-Tribune, December 26, 1913".) [Surnames: WRIGHT, KING, YOUNG] Mrs. John Wright, age 45 years, passed away after several years illness of heart trouble. Mrs. Wright had been a sufferer from heart trouble for years and six weeks ago the case developed into a leakage of the heart. She is survived by a husband and two sons, Virgil and Chester, age 17 and 18. James King and Ben King, residing in Orestes, are brothers of the deceased, and Mrs. Mary Young of Orestes, is a sister. The funeral will occur from the country home four miles southwest of the city tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock and burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

WRIGHT, Elmer. (Extracted from the Elwood Daily Record, Tuesday, April 25, 1899, page one.) [Surnames: WRIGHT] Departed: Elmer WRIGHT is Laid to Rest in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The remains of Elmer Wright were laid to rest in Pleasant Hill cemetery this afternoon by the Masonic order of which he had been an honored member for thirty years. The funeral services were conducted at the late home of the deceased by Rev. M. Crosley, of Indianapolis, and in connection with the Masonic burial ceremonies were very impressive. The honorary pall bearers were W. L. Roach; D. Sigler; Joseph Earlywine; A. W. Peck; Mirom Van Valkenbert; and, A. B. Wilson. Acting, D. B. King; Charles Harris; T. L. DeHority; A. D. Moffett; Henry Jordan; and Albert Francis. The deceased was born in Wayne county 72 years ago and came to this county in early life and settled on the farm where he died. He was thrice married and leaves eight children. His first wife lived but a short time and his third wife proceeded him to a better (sic) and several years ago. After her death he lost interest in life and spent most of his time at home reading and thinking over happier days gone by. His decline in health was gradual and his death was proceeded by a decay of all his powers. Mr. Wright was a prominent man in the affairs of the community for many years and was an exemplary citizen in every way. His death is mourned by a large circle of friends and relatives.

WRIGHT, Jesse. (Submitted by Travis LeMaster, <[email protected]> on 20 May 2001, 12:00 P.M. Obituary from "Alexandria Times-Tribune, March 31, 1919.") [Surnames: WRIGHT, O'BRYANT, FOX]. Jesse Wright, age 41 years, a mail clerk in the employee of the U.S. government on trains between Anderson and Elkhart, Ind., died suddenly after 10 o'clock this morning while the train was speeding on its way to Anderson. He was afflicted with heart trouble.

Mr. Wright formerly resided in Alexandria and a few months ago returned to work after a serious attack of sickness. After the death of his wife, who was formerly Miss Hazel O'Bryant, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bradford O'Bryant, Mr. Wright frequently visited relatives in Alexandria. The body was taken on to Anderson and prepared for burial. The funeral will either be held here or Anderson. Mrs. Bradford O'Bryant went to Anderson this morning. Mr. Wright was a member of the Alexandria Lodge of Masons.

Joseph Wright, father of Jesse Wright, is a well-known farmer living south of Alexandria. Charles Wright, Edward Wright, James Wright and John Wright are brothers. Mrs. Thomas Fox, of near Pendleton, is a sister.

From: Alexandria Times Tribune, April 2, 1919: The body of Jesse Wright, railway mail clerk, who died suddenly of heart trouble while distributing mail on a Big Four train between this city and Linwood Monday morning, was brought here this afternoon from the home of a sister at Anderson and buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Members of the Masonic lodge here met the body at the cemetery.

WRIGHT, Joseph. (Submitted by Travis LeMaster, <[email protected]> on 20 May 2001, 12:00 P.M. Obituary from "Alexandria Time-Tribune September 16, 1919.") [Surnames: WRIGHT, FOX ] Joseph Wright, age eighty nine years, one of the best known farmers in Madison county, expired this afternoon at 12:40 o'clock, following an extended illness of heart trouble, at the home two miles south of Alexandria. The funeral service will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the home, in charge of the local lodge of Masons and burial will follow in the Odd Fellows cemetery here.

The surviving relatives are the wife, Mrs. Dorothy Wright, four sons, James, Charles, and John, all residing in this vicinity, and Edward Wright, of Columbia City, and one daughter, Mrs. Daisy Fox, of Anderson. Eighteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive. Mr. Wright came to Madison county as early as 1865 from Brown county Ohio. He settled on a farm south of the city, where he resided for a long number of years.

At the time of his death, Mr. Wright was the oldest member of the Alexandria lodge of Masons and that order will have full charge of the last sad rites on Thursday afternoon.

WYANT, Ethelmae (Smith). (Submitted by Thomas Weisbach, [email protected] 31 Jul 2001.) [Surnames: SMITH, WYANT.] Extracted from an obituary which appeared in the Anderson Herald-Bulletin Thursday, September 17, 1987 page A-2. Ethelmae (Smith) WYANT, aged 73, 3527 S. Madison Ave., died early Tuesday at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born July 6, 1914, and was a lifelong resident of Anderson. She was a veteran of the Women's Air Force. Mrs. Wyant was survived by her widower, Clarence G. Smith, a daughter, Sally Wyant of Elgin, Ill., and several nieces and nephews.

(Note: the misspellings which may have occurred in the above extractions are retained therein. All obituaries, unless stated to the contrary, were extracted by S. K. Hennis. These "Ancestor Obituaries' pages are the works of S. K. Hennis.)

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