Margaret May (Lister) WILGUS

LISTER, WILGUS, GRIFFITH, SHANER, READ, GOODMAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:42

March 6, 1875 ---- January 2, 1961

Douglas, Wyoming --- Margaret May Lister was born at Eagle Grove, Iowa, March 6, 1875. On August 8, 1893, she was united in marriage to John W. Wilgus and to this union two daughters were born, Hattie and Hazel. In 1912 they moved to Wyoming where they homesteaded in Converse County near Shawnee. There they operated a coal mine for many years. Her husband and both daughters preceded her in death. She is survived by four sisters, Lillie Griffith, Ida Shaner, Lutie Read and Julia Goodman and one brother, Thomas Lister. There are 10 grandchildren and numerous great and great-great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted from Stark Funeral Chapel last Thursday at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. W. W. DeBolt officiating.