Wilbur R. Bailey 1865-1945

BAILEY, WILLIAMS, BUTTERFIELD, WHEELER

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Date: 12/29/2016 at 13:28:51

The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
May 17, 1945, Thursday, page 7

W.R. BAILEY FUNERAL SET

Services for Wilbur R. Bailey, 80, of 3302 Bowdoin st., will be at the Hamilton Funeral home at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, with Lawton Camp No. 2, United Spanish War Veterans in charge. Burial will be at Pine Hill cemetery.

Mr. Bailey, a teamster for many years, died Tuesday at the Veterans hospital, where he had been for 14 months. He was a member of Camp No. 18, Woodsmen of the World, and of the Spanish War Veterans.

Surviving are his wife, Hattie; son, Warren P. Bailey of Des Moines; daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Williams of Omaha, Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. India Butterfield of Fort Smith, Ark., and Mrs. Hattie Wheeler of August, Kan.