(From scrapbook at DeKalb County, IN library)
(Handwritten date: Sept. 6, 1986)
Esta M. Wilson, 86, died Saturday at 10:15 p.m. in Betz Nursing Home of Auburn, where she had been a resident since 1975.
A housewife, she lived in DeKalb County most of her life.
She was born Aug. 23, 1900 to Louis and Mary (Gunsenhauser) Keller in Wilmington Township, near Butler.
On March 15, 1919 she married John Hubert Wilson in Waterloo. He preceded her in death June 3, 1957.
One daughter also preceded her in death.
Surviving are three sons, Richard Keith of Butler, Lloyd K. of rural Auburn and Lewis A. of rural Butler; two daughters, Rebecca J. Reas of Englewood, Fla., and Evelyn M. Adams of Hialeah, Fla.; 23 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Wilson was active in the craft room at Betz Nursing Home.
Friends may call Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at Dilgard, Cline & Southern Funeral Home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home with the Rev. Dewey Findley of Norris Chapel United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery.
The family prefers memorial gifts to the Preschool for the Handicapped.
(Handwritten date: Sept. 6, 1986)
Esta M. Wilson, 86, died Saturday at 10:15 p.m. in Betz Nursing Home of Auburn, where she had been a resident since 1975.
A housewife, she lived in DeKalb County most of her life.
She was born Aug. 23, 1900 to Louis and Mary (Gunsenhauser) Keller in Wilmington Township, near Butler.
On March 15, 1919 she married John Hubert Wilson in Waterloo. He preceded her in death June 3, 1957.
One daughter also preceded her in death.
Surviving are three sons, Richard Keith of Butler, Lloyd K. of rural Auburn and Lewis A. of rural Butler; two daughters, Rebecca J. Reas of Englewood, Fla., and Evelyn M. Adams of Hialeah, Fla.; 23 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Wilson was active in the craft room at Betz Nursing Home.
Friends may call Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at Dilgard, Cline & Southern Funeral Home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home with the Rev. Dewey Findley of Norris Chapel United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery.
The family prefers memorial gifts to the Preschool for the Handicapped.
(From scrapbook at DeKalb County, IN library)
(Handwritten date: Sept. 6, 1986)
Esta M. Wilson, 86, died Saturday at 10:15 p.m. in Betz Nursing Home of Auburn, where she had been a resident since 1975.
A housewife, she lived in DeKalb County most of her life.
She was born Aug. 23, 1900 to Louis and Mary (Gunsenhauser) Keller in Wilmington Township, near Butler.
On March 15, 1919 she married John Hubert Wilson in Waterloo. He preceded her in death June 3, 1957.
One daughter also preceded her in death.
Surviving are three sons, Richard Keith of Butler, Lloyd K. of rural Auburn and Lewis A. of rural Butler; two daughters, Rebecca J. Reas of Englewood, Fla., and Evelyn M. Adams of Hialeah, Fla.; 23 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Wilson was active in the craft room at Betz Nursing Home.
Friends may call Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at Dilgard, Cline & Southern Funeral Home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home with the Rev. Dewey Findley of Norris Chapel United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery.
The family prefers memorial gifts to the Preschool for the Handicapped.
(Handwritten date: Sept. 6, 1986)
Esta M. Wilson, 86, died Saturday at 10:15 p.m. in Betz Nursing Home of Auburn, where she had been a resident since 1975.
A housewife, she lived in DeKalb County most of her life.
She was born Aug. 23, 1900 to Louis and Mary (Gunsenhauser) Keller in Wilmington Township, near Butler.
On March 15, 1919 she married John Hubert Wilson in Waterloo. He preceded her in death June 3, 1957.
One daughter also preceded her in death.
Surviving are three sons, Richard Keith of Butler, Lloyd K. of rural Auburn and Lewis A. of rural Butler; two daughters, Rebecca J. Reas of Englewood, Fla., and Evelyn M. Adams of Hialeah, Fla.; 23 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Wilson was active in the craft room at Betz Nursing Home.
Friends may call Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at Dilgard, Cline & Southern Funeral Home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home with the Rev. Dewey Findley of Norris Chapel United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery.
The family prefers memorial gifts to the Preschool for the Handicapped.
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