Obituaries
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[Carlton, Fred F.]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     September 28, 1933    [p. 1]

Deplorable Death.

The community was shocked on Friday evening when the word went around at about five o'clock that the body of Fred Carlton had been discovered in a pond in the Platte bottom seven miles northeast. A delegation went out with the sheriff and coroner along, removed the body and brought it to the Crew Funeral Home here.

Fred had been unemployed for many months, was known to be despondent, and to some he had admitted that he felt like giving up hope of better things. On Thursday he received his first shipment of Watkins Products, having arranged to travel and sell them locally. That night he essayed to mark the goods but was unable to apply himself to the task, and spent a sleepless night, repeatedly saying, "I can't stand this another day".

At about 7:00, he drove away from home in his auto. He was seen on No. 25 north; not appearing at home by noon, Mrs. Carlton told C. [ecil] C. Carlton of her fears, and Cecil and S. P. Wilt were out that afternoon, driving here and there.

From the river bridge where was the swimming hole this summer, a car was seen southwest in the pasture, a fourth of a mile away. A visit to it revealed that it was Fred's car, his hat lay near, and the outline of his body lying in water three feet deep, in a part of the old river course.

His watch stopped at 8:20, giving some indication of the time he entered the water. He had not removed his spectacles, nor any clothing except the hat. Much less water came from the lungs than usual, but there was no apparent need of an inquest, for nothing indicated foul play.

Ill health, with great depression, must be held to account for his act, and all sympathize with the wife and other relatives in their great sorrow at his death.

[Carlton, Fred F.]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     September 28, 1933    [p. 1]

Obituary—Fred F. Carlton

Frederick F. Carlton, the son of John M. [cElroy] and Sarah [Beatty] Carlton, was born May 10, 1879, on a farm one mile east of Calvary Church. About 1895 he moved to Clearfield, and on January 19, 1903 he joined the Methodist Church.

About the year 1904, he moved to Lenox and was in business there for a number of years.

During the more recent years, he was in business in Clearfield. His kindly, friendly disposition made him a host of friends. On May 6, 1923, he was united in marriage to Daisy Enix. He was of a family of seven, three sisters and four brothers. Two of the sisters, Mrs. Eunice [Celestine] Olin and Maggie, are deceased, and also one brother Harris H. Carlton.

He leaves to mourn his passing, his devoted wife; her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Keith; his sister, Mrs. [Nettie] Leota Wilt; his two brothers, David D. [aniel] Carlton of Des Moines, and Cecil C. [lare] Carlton of Clearfield; a number of nephews and nieces and his many friends.

His death September 22, 1933, at the age of 54 years, 4 months, and 12 days, leaves a vacancy in the community that cannot be filled. Those who knew him will say, "He wronged no man."

Funeral services were held in Clearfield M. E. church at 2:00 p. m. on Sunday. The house was crowded with friends and neighbors. Rev. J. A. Turner conducted the service, assisted by Rev. H. B. Hutchman. A quartet of Lenox singers gave two numbers, and Mrs. Marie Crew sang a solo. Pallbearers were from Clearfield and Lenox. Interment was in Lenox Cemetery, with the Masonic committal service at the grave.

Relatives who came from a distance were---Mrs. Eunice Nelson, Mrs. Hazel Sheeley, Mr. and Mrs. David Carlton and son Hillis, and Mr. Olie Nelson, all of Des Moines; Mr. Ezra Nelson, of St. Louis, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Smith of Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilt of Carlisle, Ia., and Mr. and Mrs. E.[dwin] F. Keith of Waterloo.

 

[Carlton, Harris H.]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday    May 27, 1915     p. 2

Clyde, Will and Ed Beatty attended the funeral of their cousin, Harris Carlton, in Lenox Wednesday of last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Carlton returned home last Thursday from Lenox where they had been called Monday by the death of Mr. Carlton's brother.

 

[Carlton, Harris H.]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday    May 27, 1915    [ p. 1]

Obituary—Harris H. Carlton

Harris H. Carlton, son of John M. [cElroy] and Sarah [Beatty] Carlton was born in Ringgold County, Iowa, February 12, 1885, and died at Oakdale, Iowa, May 17, 1915, age, 30 years, 3 mos., and 5 days.

He moved with his parents to Clearfield in about 1895, and attended school here, graduating in 1902. Afterward he went with his parents to Lenox and took some work in the Lenox School. He afterward attended the Simpson Business College, graduating in 1904. Since that time, until the sickness which resulted in his death, he followed railroad office work, spending several years at Forsyth, Montana, and afterward in California and Arizona.

He showed his filial devotion by his faithful writing of a weekly letter to his father and mother at home, and missed only five or six letters in more than ten years. He was very considerate of his nurse who did everything she could for him.

During the last days of his sickness there were with him his two sisters, [Nettie] Leota and Eunice [Celestine], and his brothers David and Fred. He leaves to mourn his departure his father and mother; his two sisters, Mrs. S. [amuel] P.[orter] Wilt [Nettie Leota] and Mrs. E.  [lmer] A. Olin [Eunice Celestine]; his three brothers, David, Fred, and Cecil; and a host of other relatives and friends.

On the invitation of Rev. Silvester E. Ellis, pastor of the Methodist church at Iowa City, he accepted Christ as his personal Savior, and before he died made a clear declaration of his faith in Christ.

Funeral services were held from the Methodist church at Lenox, conducted by Rev. Walter A. Morgan; interment at Fairview Cemetery.

[CARLTON, HARRIS H.]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, May 25, 1915
LENOX – Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carlton of Oskaloosa came Wednesday to attend the funeral of Harris Carlton.

[Carlton, John McElroy]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     May 4, 1933     [p. 1]

John M. Carlton-1840-1933

John M. [cElroy] Carlton was born in County Londonderry, Ireland, on May 20th, 1840. He came with his parents to the United States, landing at New Orleans, Jan. 1, 1848. His grandfather and grandmother Carlton accompanied on the trip. His grandfather died on the voyage and was buried at sea.

From New Orleans they came up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to Cincinnati, where the grandmother died and was buried.

Mr. Carlton and his parents later moved to Greenfield, Indiana, where [he] spent his young manhood.

He was married to Sarah Beatty at Mendota, Illinois, in [September 13] 1867. They came to Lenox, Iowa, in 1871. To this union seven children were born: —Mrs. [Nettie] Leota Wilt, of Lenox; Mrs. Eunice [Celestine] Olin, deceased; Maggie who died in infancy; David D. [aniel] Carlton of Des Moines; Fred F. and Cecil C.[laire] of Clearfield and Harris H. Carlton deceased. There are eight grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.

Mrs. Carlton preceded him in death in 1919. He departed this life, after a short illness, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. [Nettie] Leota Wilt, with whom he had made his home for the last few years, on Wednesday, April 26, 1933.

He had expressed a feeling that he was prepared and ready to go. He was a member of the Methodist Church, having joined the church while services were being in the Carlton schoolhouse, where he was Sunday School Superintendent. He later was active in planning for and building the first Calvary church. He was of a genial and jovial disposition, and had made many acquaintances and friends, whom he liked to recall in his declining years.

He was the last of a large family of brothers and sisters.

In his last illness he was uncomplaining and careful to express thanks for the kind ministrations of loving hands.

The funeral services were held at Calvary Church on Friday afternoon, April 28th, conducted by Rev. F. L. Shepherd of Lenox M. E. Church and Rev. J. A. Turner of Clearfield. Interment was in Lenox Cemetery.

[Carlton, John McElroy]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     May 4, 1933      p. 2

Mr. and Mrs. Addie Beatty, Mr. and Mrs. Will Beatty of Des Moines, and Mrs. Clyde Beatty of Murray attended the funeral of their uncle, Mr. John Carlton, last Friday and also visited relatives in Clearfield.

[Carlton, Sarah Beatty]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     June 5, 1919    p. 5

Cecil Carlton was called to Lenox Tuesday morning by the death of his mother, Mrs. John Carlton [Sarah Beatty], who has been ill for a long time. Her brother, John Beatty, went over on the train Tuesday morning and returned home that evening.

[Carlton, Sarah Beatty]

Lenox Time Table

Thursday       June 12, 1919      p. 7

Mrs. Sarah Carlton

Sarah Beatty was a native of Ireland, born in county Fermanagh June 3, 1840. Her decease occurred in Lenox, Iowa, June 3, 1919, completing a life of exactly seventy-nine years. Her departure took place on the anniversary of her natal day. At twelve years of age she came with her parents to America. Their home in the new world was established at Zanesville, Ohio. On attaining young womanhood she accompanied her brother to Mendota, Illinois. Here on September 13, 1867, she was married to J. [ohn] M. [cElroy] Carlton. Four years later they came to Taylor county, Iowa, and the next year located on a farm in Ringgold county. Later a residence of five years was made at Clearfield, then, after two more years on the farm, they came to Lenox. Here the remainder of her life was spent.

Mrs. Carlton was virtually a life long member of the Methodist Episcopal church. When she was fourteen years of age she entered into this fellowship. For a long term of years she was deprived of the strength and comfort of vigorous health. The last six weeks of her life were passed in almost continuous suffering from which she ardently desired that release which her Christian faith assured her would ultimately come. Her household became her realm, her field of service. Her children gratefully cherish her devotion and sacrifice in making possible their educational and other preparation for life.

The immediate members of the family who survive her are her husband, two daughters and three sons. One daughter died in infancy and one son passed away four years ago. The children living are Mrs. Leota Wilt, of Lenox; Mrs. Eunice Olin, of Stanwood; David D. [aniel] Carlton of Onawa; Fred F. Carlton of Clarinda; and Cecil C. [laire] Carlton of Clearfield. Her brother, John Beatty, resides at Clearfield. There are also eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were conducted in the Methodist church by the pastor, Thursday afternoon, June 5, and burial occurred in Fairview cemetery.

[Elrick, Leonidas “Lee” J.]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     May 4, 1933     [p. 1]

A Pioneer Passes On.

When Clearfield started off with a bound in the fall and winter of 1881-'82, Lee J. Elrick became one of the first general merchants. He was in business here for perhaps ten years, then moved to Wichita, Kansas, and for forty years was in business there. Mr. [Leonidas] Elrick died at his home last week after a short illness. He was a native of Ohio. He was a Scottish Rite Mason, and was a member of the M. E. Church.

Clearfield folks of the years more than forty back will remember him. His wife Mary [Bethel Houghton]; two sons, Dr. Leroy and Fred; one daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Barnhill of Minneapolis, and many other relatives survive.

In August 1931, Mr. Elrick sent the publisher his copy of the Enterprise, Vol. 1, No. 1. It is now bound in our files for 1931. Until this time, he has been a steady reader of the Enterprise.

[Frame, Charles Elton]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     June 19, 1919     p. 6

Charles Elton Frame.

Charles Elton Frame was born October 15th, 1913; died at his home near Clearfield, Iowa, June 11th, 1919, aged 5 years, 7 months and 20 days. Little Elton was a sweet and loving child. He has joined the brother and sister that preceded him to that heavenly shore. He leaves a sister who was his constant companion, two brothers, and his parents to mourn his loss.

Little Elton's hands are folded, his

sweet voice is stilled.

His dear little form is absent,

His earthly place can never be filled.

"Suffer little children to come unto

                        me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”

[Hall, Walter Wayland]

Bedford Times-Press

Wednesday      January 27, 1999      p. 5

Walter Hall

Services for Walter Hall, 74, were held at the Novinger Taylor Funeral Home January 21, 1999 with Pastor Andrew Rubenking officiating. Burial was at Lexington Cemetery near Bedford. Mr. Hall died January 18 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

Walter W. [ayland] Hall, son of Charles and Dora L. [odeama] (Hays) Hall was born in Blockton, Iowa January 4, 1925. Walter was a graduate of Blockton High School in 1943 and received his bachelor's degree from Drake University. He served in the 8th Army Air Corps in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

He was united in marriage to Zola May Million on October 14, 1949. To this union three children were born. Walter was a teacher in the Des Moines area for many years. He was a lifetime member of the National Education Association and other professional organizations. He retired and moved to Hamburg in 1987, at which time Zola was killed in an auto accident.

He is survived by his wife Judy (Trester) Hall of the home; a son and daughter in law, John and Valerie Hall of Hamburg, Iowa; a daughter and son in law, Margaret and Tim Kallhoff of Amery, Wisconsin; a daughter and son in law, Barbara and Randy Sims of Red Oak, Iowa; brothers, Clarence B. [eryl] Hall of Mountain Home, Arkansas and John P. [hillip] Hall of Sunrise Beach, Missouri; grandchildren, Amanda and Addie May Hall, Michael, Melanie and Anderson James Hall, and Kent Sims; step grandchildren, Tammy and Lisa Kallhoff; step sons, Barry and Jeffrey Trester; step grandchildren, Tiffany Ducommun, Zachary, Veronica, Jared and Jeffrey Trester, and a host of other friends and relatives.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, a sister and two brothers.

[Jeanes, James Edgar “Billy”]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    February 6, 1958    p. 5

J. E. (Billy) Jeanes Rites At Mount Ayr

James Edgar Jeanes, son of Robert and Emeline Jeanes, was born near Alexis, Illinois, on January 14, 1879 and died at his home at Redding, Iowa January 28, 1958, at the age of 79 years, 14 days.

Funeral services were held at the Rhodes Funeral Home in Mount Ayr, Friday afternoon, January 31. Rev. M. G. Ossman of Redding officiated. Burial in the Clearfield cemetery.

In 1900 he came to Iowa with his parents and they located on a farm south of Clearfield.

On March 18, 1903, he was married to Mary Etta Bye and to them 12 children were born.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, five of his children, two sisters and an infant brother.

The children left to cherish his memory are: Mrs. Merle Greeley of Gravity, Mrs. Doris Freeman of Blockton, Mrs, Margaret Matthews of Maloy, Robert Jeanes of Lamoni, Donald Jeanes of Fayette, Mrs. Alva Jones of Clearfield, Mrs. Evelyn Reynolds of Boulder, Colorado. There is also a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Alta Jeanes of Redding, and all of the children's families. There are 24 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Mr. Jeanes and his family lived in the Clearfield, Blockton and Mount Ayr vicinity. All his life he enjoyed dealing in livestock and horses and Billy made a wide circle of friends through this business. Four years ago he moved to Redding. In May he had a stroke and had been in poor health since that time.

[Jeanes, Mary Etta Bye]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     April 24, 1947    p. 2

MRS. J. E. JeANeS DEAD

Mrs. J. [ames] E. [dgar] Jeanes [Mary Etta Bye] died suddenly at her home south of Mount Ayr, Wednesday morning. Funeral services will be held in Mount Ayr Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment in Clearfield. She is the mother of Mrs. Evelyn Reynolds and sister of Mr. Frank Bye.

[Jeanes, Mary Etta Bye]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     May 1, 1947     p. 3

MRS. J. E. JEANES

Mary Etta Bye, daughter of Henry and Martha [Ann Critchfield] Bye, was born near Chillicothe, Mo., on April 17, 1878, and suddenly passed away at her home south of Mount Ayr, on April 23, 1947, at the age of 69 years and 6 days. Her mother and father moved from Missouri to Taylor county in 1881, locating south of Clearfield where she grew to womanhood and taught school several years near this home.

On March 17, 1903, she was united in marriage to James Edgar Jeanes. The following children preceded their mother in death: Mary [Lois], the eldest daughter passed away on June 23, 1933, at the age of 29 years; Paul, an infant son, April 6, 1908; Hazel, on February 4, 1911, at 1 1/2 years of age; Ned, an infant son, Feb. 6, 1911.

She leaves to mourn her departure her loving husband and the following sons and daughters: Loyd of Blockton, Mrs. Merle Greeley of Gravity, Mrs. Doris Freeman of Blockton, Mrs. Margaret Matthews of Maloy, Robert and Donald of near Waterloo, Mrs. Louise Jones of Lenox and Mrs. Evelyn Reynolds of Clearfield. Eighteen grandchildren also survive and two brothers, William Bye of Columbia, Mo., and Frank of Clearfield. Two brothers, George and Robert, and a half brother, Russell are deceased.

Mrs. Jeanes accepted Christ as her Savior and united with the Highland church near her early home. She lived a good Christian life and was a wonderful wife and mother, laboring unceasingly for her family. She will be greatly missed by her loved ones and many other friends.

"Dear mother, though you are

on earth no more,

Your voice we loved is still;

Your place is vacant in our home,

Which never can be filled.

Still in memory you are with us

As you always were before."

The funeral was held in Mount Ayr, on Friday, April 25th, and interment was had in Clearfield cemetery.

[Jeanes, Mary Lois]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     June 29, 1933     p. 3

Obituary.

Mary Lois Jeanes, daughter of J. [ames] E. [dgar] and [Mary] Etta Jeanes, was born Feb. 15, 1904 south of Clearfield, Iowa, and departed this life June 23, 1933, south of Mt Ayr, Iowa, aged 29 yr., 4mo., 22 days.

She spent nearly her whole life in Ringgold Co. At the age of 10 yrs. she united with the Methodist church at Blockton, Ia. She was always a true and faithful believer in her Savior.

Mary was a kind and loving daughter and sister. Her short life was one of unselfishness and her greatest pleasure was in helping others.

To mourn her death are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. [ames] E. [dgar] Jeanes, of Mr. Ayr, Iowa, and their family; Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Jeanes of Redding, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greeley of Gravity, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Harland Freeman of Blockton, Iowa. Margaret, Robert, Donald, Evelyn, and Louise who are at home. A nephew and niece, Bobby and Dorothy Jeanes of Redding, Iowa, and the grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jeanes of Clearfield, Iowa, besides many other relatives and friends. She was a niece of Frank Bye and of Mrs. Harry House of Clearfield.

Services were held at the home at 2 p. m. on Sunday, and interment was in the Clearfield Cemetery.

[Miller, Leonard J.]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     November 11, 1937    p. 2

Mr. Leonard [J.] Miller died at Kellerton last Thursday morning, after a prolonged illness. He was the father of Clarence Miller, who went out recently to Cle Elum. Washington, and was grandfather to Mr. Floyd Miller of Clearfield. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m., Sunday, at Kellerton.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Miller and children were in Kellerton on Sunday, called to attend the funeral of Mr. Miller's father.

[Nendick, William H.]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     November 11, 1937    p. 2

W. [illiam] H. Nendick of Conway died last Thursday evening—and the funeral was held Sunday afternoon, with interment in Conway Cemetery. Many years ago, he lived on a farm in Section 28 in Grant Twp., and four miles east of Conway.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Owens, Clara Knox, and Mrs. Orlando Calkin attended the funeral of Will Nendick Sunday afternoon in Conway.

[Nichols, Mary Eliza Pratt]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     May 4, 1933     [p. 1]

Mrs Mary [Eliza Pratt] Nichols died at Diagonal on Saturday forenoon [April 29], after a prolonged illness. She was the mother of Mrs. Rolley Bailey of Clearfield, and so was known to many folks here.

[Olin, Eunice Celestine Carlton]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     July 15, 1926      p. 2

Harold Wilt, son of Mr. and Mrs. [Samuel] Porter Wilt [Nettie Leota Carlton], was in town Tuesday.  He had come down with his wife and son from Carlisle, Iowa, because of the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Elmer Olin [Eunice Carlton].

[Olin, Eunice Celestine Carlton]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     July 15, 1926      [p. 1]

At her home at Nichols, Iowa, on Sunday, July 11th, occurred the death of Mrs. Elmer Olin, who was in her youth, Miss Eunice Carlton and who grew up and married in this community, The body was brought to Taylor for interment and the funeral was held in Lenox on Wednesday afternoon, A complete obituary will to published possibly in this issue.

[Olin, Eunice Celestine Carlton]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     July 22, 1926     [p. 1]

Eunice Carlton Olin

Eunice Celestine Carlton, daughter of J. [ohn] M. [cElroy] and Sarah [Beatty] Carlton was born in Ringgold County, Iowa near Calvary Church, Nov. 1, 1872 and passed away at her home in Nichols, Iowa, July 11, 1926 at the age of 53 years, 8 months and 10 days.

She was married to Elmer A. Olin at her home Feb. 11, 1892. To this union two children were born, Mrs. Alice Leona Pettit of West Liberty, Iowa, and Orville Cecil Olin, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The early years of her married life were spent on a farm near Clearfield, then they moved to Alexis, Ill., and later to Rock Rapids, Iowa. The present home was in Nichols, Iowa.

The family and Mrs. S. [amuel] P. [orter] Wilt were at her bedside when the end came. She leaves besides her immediate family—her father J. [ohn] M. [cElroy] Carlton, one sister Mrs. [Nettie] Leota Wilt of Lenox, three brothers D. [avid] D.[aniel] Carlton of Des Moines, Fred F. Carlton of Lenox, and Cecil C. [laire] Carlton of Clearfield, also two grandchildren at West Liberty, Iowa. All of them were present at the funeral.

Mrs. Olin has held membership in the Eastern Star at Rock Rapids, Iowa, since 1913. She united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Caplinger School house about 40 years ago; this has since become the Calvary Church. In the later years of her life she has been very active in the work of the M. E. Church.

She was a kind, loving wife and mother.

The funeral was held from the M. E. Church at Lenox, Iowa in charge of the pastor Rev. Ivan R. Mills and assisted by Rev. A. J. Matthews, Pastor of the Clearfield M. E Church. Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery [Lenox].

[Wilt, Nettie Leota Carlton]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    March 21, 1957    [p. 1]

Mrs. Porter Wilt Of Lenox Dies

Mrs. Porter Wilt [Nettie Leota Carlton], 88, a resident of the Lenox community since she was a small child, died at Rosary hospital in Corning March 8. She had been hospitalized the past four weeks and had been in failing health for some time.

Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Clearfield Sunday. Rev. Howard Ball, the pastor, officiated. Burial in Lenox cemetery.

She was born at Mendota, Ill., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. [ohn] M. [cElroy] Carlton [Sarah Beatty].

She was married to [Samuel] Porter Wilt, Feb. 11, 1886, at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wilt lived in the Calvary community near Lenox. Mr. Wilt was a native of Platte Township, Taylor County.

The couple observed their 71st wedding anniversary quietly at their home on February 11.

Surviving are her husband; a son, J. [ames] H. [arold] Wilt of Carlisle; three grandchildren, Jim, Jayne and Margaret.

[Wilt, Samuel Porter]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday      December 18, 1958     p. 4

Porter Wilt, 96, pioneer dies

[Samuel] Porter Wilt, 96, a native of Taylor county and longtime resident of the Lenox community, died at a nursing home in Creston Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Funeral services were held Friday at the Methodist church in Clearfield, Rev. Howard Ball, the pastor, officiated. Burial in the Lenox cemetery.

Porter Wilt was born in a log cabin just inside Taylor County at the four corners where Union, Taylor, Adams and Ringgold counties meet. He had lived most of his life on a farm in the vicinity between Lenox and Clearfield.

He was well known as a hog raiser and was named "farmer of the year" by the Omaha World-Herald a few years ago.

His wife, [Nettie] Leota [Carlton], died March 8, 1957, less than a month after they had observed their 71st wedding anniversary on Feb. 11, 1957.

He is survived by one son, J. [ames] H. [arold] Wilt of Carlisle; three grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank Wilt [Zetta Clark] of Lenox. He was the last survivor of five brothers in his family.

Mr. Wilt had driven a car until he was 93 years old and had read without glasses until he was 90.

After Mrs. Wilt's death he continued to live on his farm with a family who moved there. He went to the home of his son at Carlisle for a few months before entering the nursing home two months ago.