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LaVona <I>Gwinn</I> Wilbur

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LaVona Gwinn Wilbur

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
24 Jun 1946 (aged 80)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. LaVona Wilbur, age 80, a resident of Delphi until two years ago, died on Monday, June 24, in Los Angeles, California, relatives of the woman have been informed here. Mrs. Wilbur, who was the Widow of Rev. T. B. Wilbur, had gone to California two years ago to make her home with a son, Joyce. From details received here by a nephew, Judge William B. Smith, it was learned that Mrs. Wilibur had suffered a hearts attack about two weeks prior to her death and she failed to rally from the illness. She was born in Waynetown, Indiana, and had been active in the local Methodist church for many years prior to moving to California. Her husband was a Methodist minister and the family resided in the residence on Front street now occupied by the American Legion club. Rev. Wilbur died 20 years ago. Surviving are two sons, Joyce, of Los Angeles and Ralston of Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral rites and burial were at Forrest Lawn cemetery, Los Angeles, last Thursday.

Delphi Citizen July 4, 1946
Mrs. LaVona Wilbur, age 80, a resident of Delphi until two years ago, died on Monday, June 24, in Los Angeles, California, relatives of the woman have been informed here. Mrs. Wilbur, who was the Widow of Rev. T. B. Wilbur, had gone to California two years ago to make her home with a son, Joyce. From details received here by a nephew, Judge William B. Smith, it was learned that Mrs. Wilibur had suffered a hearts attack about two weeks prior to her death and she failed to rally from the illness. She was born in Waynetown, Indiana, and had been active in the local Methodist church for many years prior to moving to California. Her husband was a Methodist minister and the family resided in the residence on Front street now occupied by the American Legion club. Rev. Wilbur died 20 years ago. Surviving are two sons, Joyce, of Los Angeles and Ralston of Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral rites and burial were at Forrest Lawn cemetery, Los Angeles, last Thursday.

Delphi Citizen July 4, 1946

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  • Created by: Richard Lybrook
  • Added: Feb 1, 2017
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175939009/lavona-wilbur: accessed ), memorial page for LaVona Gwinn Wilbur (31 Jul 1865–24 Jun 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 175939009, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Richard Lybrook (contributor 47378025).