WICKER, Nellie M. (1882-1939)

WICKER

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/9/2020 at 20:15:14

Nellie Mae (Overton) Wicker
(July 5, 1882 – May 15, 1939)

Source – newspaper clipping from a scrapbook at the Warren County Historical Society, Indianola, Iowa
Mrs. Wicker, 56, Dies at Her Home
Mrs. Nellie May Wicker, 56, of 803 Leach Ave., died Monday [May 15, 1939] at her home. Mrs. Wicker was a member of the United Brethren Church here. She is survived by her husband, Robert Wicker; two sons, Keith and Andrew Wicker of Des Moines; one daughter, Mrs. Ollie Wallace, Liberty Center, Ia.; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Curtis, Norwood, Ia., and Mrs. Eunice Peterson, Milwaukee, Wis., and six grandchildren. The body is at the E. Carl White Funeral Home. [Burial was in Liberty Center Cemetery, Liberty Center, Warren County, Iowa]

MRS. ROBERT R. WICKER
Nellie Mae Overton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Overton, was born at Liberty, Iowa, in Clarke County, July 5, 1882, and died in Des Moines, Iowa, May 15, 1939, aged 56 years, 10 months and 10 days. On Jan. 5, 1905, she was united in marriage to William Sage. To this union one daughter was born. On Oct. 26, 1910, she was united in marriage to Robert R. Wicker. To this union four sons were born, one dying in infancy, another son, Branson, died in 1937. She is survived by her husband; three children, Mrs. Ollie Wallace of Liberty Center, Iowa, and Keith and Andrew, both of Des Moines; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Curtis of Norwood, Iowa, and Mrs. Eunice Peterson of Milwaukee, Wis., and a host of other relatives and friends. At the age of 15 years she was converted at a revival conducted by the Rev. Mr. Hulbert of the U. B. church at Norwood, Iowa, and for many years she was a happy and faithful Christian, ever ready to lift up the fallen, kind to the needy and glad to share with others. She had been in ill health for several years. She was a patient sufferer. Hers was a life of love and service, a true wife and mother, and the best neighbor it was ever our fortune to know. Funeral services were held at the Liberty Center church conducted by the Rev. Reed Kessner. Interment was in the Liberty Center cemetery. [copied from a newspaper clipping in a scrapbook at the Warren County Historical Society, Indianola, Iowa]