WILTSE, Marcelia M (Lines) Hill 1862-1944

WILTSE, LINES, HILL, FITZGERALD, KRAMER, NIXT, KELLOGG

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 8/17/2012 at 10:37:27

Marcelia M. (Lines) Hill Wiltse – December 25, 1862 – February 21, 1944

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CIVIL WAR WIDOW DIES SUDDENLY
MRS. MARCELLA WILTSE HEART ATTACK VICTIM

Charles City – Funeral arrangements were incomplete late Monday for Mrs. Marcella Wiltse, 81, widow of the late W. C. Wiltse, who died at her home, 415 South Iowa Street, at 4:30 Monday morning, after suffering a heart attack, last Thursday afternoon.

She was married to Oscar Hill in 1883 and to this union 5 children were born. One son, Charlie and her husband preceded her in death. The remaining 4 children are; Mrs. Addie Fitzgerald; Orlando Hill; and Rutherford Hill, all of Charles City, and Mrs. Mabel Kramer of Clinton.

She was married a second time to William Clark Wiltse, also deceased, and to this union, 2 daughters were born; Mrs. Vera Kellogg of Charles City; and Mrs. Naomi Nixt of Minneapolis. She also leaves 15 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Both of her husbands were Civil War Veterans. She was a member of the First Christian Church.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday February 22, 1944

**note: her first name in the obit was spelled Marcella but it was actually Marcelia.

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Marcelia M. Lines was born December 25, 1862 in Illinois, the daughter of Gilbert Lines and Mary (Prindle) Lines.

She married Oscar Adelbert Hill. He was born in 1847 and died in 1893.

She married William Clark Wiltse. He was born in 1848 and died in 1927.