Blanche Virene(Donaldson) Wight (1956)

DONALDSON, GILLESPIE, HUFFMAN, WIGHT

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 2/12/2006 at 14:53:14

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, April 11, 1956

Blanche Wight Dies At 79 Years

Mrs. Blanche V. Wight, life-long resident of Madison County, died Friday, April 6, 1956, at Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset, after a brief illness with heart trouble. She was 79 years of age.

Mrs. Wight was born in Madison County July 8, 1876. She was the former Blanche Virene Donaldson, daughter of William and Sarah Jane Huffman Donaldson.

She was married Oct. 26, 1896, to Frank E. Wight, at Webster.

They located on a farm in Webster township, and resided there, until in 1904, when they moved to Jefferson township. In 1913 they purchased the farm west of Winterset in Douglas township where they continued to reside for many years. Mr. Wight, the husband and father, died April 2, 1937, and Mrs. Wight continued to reside there until in 1945 she moved to the house on West Court Avenue which had since been her home.

She is survived by her five children, Charlie C. Wight of Dubuque, George D. Wight of Winterset, Gayle L. Wight of Rock Island, Ill., Ward E. Wight of Winterset, and Mrs. Nellie E. Gillespie of Los Angeles, Calif. She also leaves 10 grandchildren, five great grandchildren; and one brother.

Funeral services were held Sunday from the Richards Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. W. W. Steinmetz, pastor of the Winterset Methodist Church. Burial was made in the Winterset Cemetery.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, April 11, 1956
Page 4

Here To Attend Wight Services

Among those who were here from a distance Sunday to attend funeral services for Mrs. Blanche Wight were Mr. and Mrs. Claire Wight and Mrs. John Walker and Michelle of Dubuque, Mr. and Mrs. Gayle Wight and Janet. Evelyn and Stephen of Rock Island, Illinois, Richard Wight of Ames, Mrs. J. C. Gillespie of Los Angeles, California, Mr. and Mrs. Fred McGee of Blackwell, Oklahoma, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. David Jennings, D. A. and Mary of Ellston, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Phillips, and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Barnard of Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Young of Murray, and Mr. and Mrs. Hazen Morford of Earlham.

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