Submitted by: Dan Rich
June 18, 1976 - Dec. 24, 1994
South Bend Tribune 12/27/1994
SOUTH BEND - Josef D. Wilder, 18, of
1154 N. Fremont St., was dead on arrival at 6:15 a.m. Saturday in
Memorial Hospital from a gunshot wound. Mr. Wilder was born June
18, 1976, in Chicago, and lived in South Bend since 1977, coming
from Chicago. He is survived by his parents, Elonda Hamilton
of South Bend and Joseph Wilder of Newark, N.J.; two sisters,
Ebony Shorter and Evan Wilder, both at home; three
brothers, Jason Wilder, Jonathan Wilder and Jordan Hamilton,
all at home; and a maternal grandmother, Herdisene Chillis
of Chicago. He was a former student at LaSalle High School.
Services were held today in Clark's Funeral
Chapel. Burial was in Highland Cemetery.