Minnie Wilker 1870-1945

WILKER, FAWTHROP, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, HUGHES, WHITE

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Date: 2/28/2021 at 07:42:20

October 25, 1945 - The Anamosa Journal

WYOMING - Funeral service for Mrs. William Wilker, who died Tuesday, Oct. 16 at the home of her son, Dr. William Wilker, Iola, Wis., was held from the Wilker home in Wyoming, Friday afternoon with the Rev. E. G. Steinman in charge.

As Minnie Aneta Fawthrop, she was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 7, 1870, daughter of Jabez and Sarah Fawthtrop. She spent her early life with her family in Whitevale, Ontario. After the loss of her mother at 19 years of age, she went to live with her relatives in Hespler, Ontario, where she took an active part in the work of the Baptist church. She played organ for church and Sunday school, and it was here she met and married William Wilker, Tavistock, Ont. The following year they moved to Wyoming, Ia., where they lived until the time of her death. Last March, they observed their 56th wedding anniversary.

To this union were born four children: Marguerite, now Mrs. Edward Johnson, Toronto, Ontario; Aneta, who died Feb. 10, 1906, in her 13th year; Minnie June, now Mrs. G. I. Williams, San Francisco, Calif.; and Dr. William Wilker, of Iola, Wis. In 1917 Mr. and Mrs. Wilker adopted a daughter, Mary Ann, in her first year, now Mrs. John W. Hughes, Astoria, Ore. There are six grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Mary Ann White.

She was interested in the work of the Presbyterian church, the social life of the Bay View club, Hawthorne club and the Eastern Star. For many years she assisted her husband in the hardware store until they sold their business in 1939. Early in life she developed an interest in painting and turned again, after the business was sold to the art she loved. She continued to paint pictures, through failing eyesight, for the homes of her children.