Submitted by: Dan Rich

Matilda Wordinger

Apr. 4, 1871 – July 1, 1938

The Elkhart Truth 7/1/1938

Mrs. Matilda Wordinger, 67, a former resident of Osceola, died suddenly in bed this  morning at the home of a son, Ralph Wordinger, near North Liberty, Ind.

Mrs. Wordinger was born in Marshall County, Ind., April 4, 1871, and moved to Osceola some years ago from Angola.

Her husband, Benjamin F. Wordinger, whom she married in Bremen 51 years ago, died in 1932.

Surviving relatives are the following children: Ralph, Edward, Jesse and John, of Osceola, and Buford of Mishawaka; Mrs. Jennie Fox of Bremen, Mrs. Beulah Smith and Mrs. Pearl Hull of Mishawaka, and Mrs. Viola Thompson of Osceola; and 20 grandchildren.

Editor: Her maiden name was Matilda Hemminger.