Ida M. (Orton) Wilson (1924)

WILSON, ORTON

Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 2/7/2007 at 17:14:28

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, April 17, 1924
Page 1

Death of Mrs. W. H. Wilson

Mrs. William H. Wilson died at her home in Lincoln township on April 14th, at the age of fifty-two years, after an illness extending over five years. Mrs. Wilson’s was a diabetic case, which caused blindness nearly five years ago.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. D. J. Shenton on Wednesday, at Pleasant View church, burial taking place in the adjacent cemetery.

Mr. Wilson, five sons: Dempsey, Glenn, Ersie, Lewis and Verle, and a foster daughter, Blanche survive Mrs. Wilson.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, April 24, 1924
Page 4, Column 4

Mrs. Wm. Wilson

Ida Orton was born in Lucas county, Iowa, March 2, 1873, and passed away at her home in Lincoln township, Madison county, April 14, 1924, at the age of 52 years, 1 month and 12 days. The greater part of her early life was spent in Lucas and Adair counties.

She was united in marriage to Wm. H. Wilson February 19, 1891. To this union seven children were born, five of whom are living and two have passed on beyond in early life. The living are Dempsey, Lewis, Ersie, Glen, Verl, also there is in the home and adopted daughter, Blanche Wilson.

Mrs. Wilson was a member of the Pleasant View M. E. church at the time of her death. The last few years of her life she has been an invalid and a constant sufferer. She bore her sufferings with great fortitude and passed on to the life to come with full confidence in the Lord. The remains to mourn her going the husband and family and other relatives.

The funeral was held at the Pleasant View M. E. church west of the home on Wednesday afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. D. J. Shenton, of Winterset, Iowa. The interment was in the Oak Grove cemetery.
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Transcriber's note: Transcribed as published, both the Iowa Death Certificate and gravestone give year of birth as 1872.

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