WILDER WEEKS
Wilder Weeks was born July 18, 1867 in Wells Minnesota and died on March 25, 1938 in the Greater Community Hospital at Creston at the age of 70 years.
Funeal services were held Sunday afternoon at the M. E. Church at Grant with Rev. N. P. Orcutt of Corning in charge. Mrs. Forrest Parker, Mrs. Albert Bender, Ross Miller, and Fred Davis sang, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Earl Spiker. The pall bearers were Ed Bourck, Louis Linderman, Lester Starlin, John Knee, William Blackburn, and George Starlin. Burial was in the Grant Cemetery.
Villisca Review, Thursday, March 31, 1938, page 4
Thursday, March 31, 1938
Obituary
The Adams County Free Press - Corning Iowa
The passing of WILDER WEEKS, Friday, March 25th , took from this community one who had spent 55 years in the locality having spent these years of his life one-half mile from the Adams County line in Cass County.
His death resulted from pneumonia following a stroke and the last ten days were spent in a hospital in Creston where he died.
Wilder Weeks, son of Maple and Sarah Weeks, was born July 18, 1867, in Wells, Minnesota, and died Friday, March 25, 1938, aged 70 years, 8 months, 7 days. He was married to Mettie Odell in 1899. Mrs. Weeks died December 28, 1926. He is survived by one son, Edward, and seven grandchildren; also a sister, Mrs. Blossom Wahlund.
Funeral Services were held Sunday, March 27, 1938, in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Grant. Conducted by the Rev. N.P. Orcutt. Burial was made in the Grant Cemetery.
Wilder was born to Jane Ackerman and Maple Weeks. After his father died of Typhoid fever, the family moved to Iowa so his mother could work as a housekeeper. He herded cattle on the prairie, and drove a 20-horse team to plow the land. He didn't mind the cold weather, and many times he only wore rubber boots stuffed with newspapers on his feet in the winter. He owned the first rock quarry in Cass Co. He married Mettie Odell in 1898, and they had one son, Edward, born in 1902. His wife died in 1926 while on a trip to SD. He developed Milk Leg while working for Roy Nelson and died on March 25, 1938.
Wilder was most tolerant of the cold - never wore shoes or socks in the winter, using only newspapers and rubber boots for warmth. He owned the first rock quarry used for agricultural purposes which was located in Cass Co., Iowa. In 1938 he died of Milk Leg.
Wilder Weeks was born July 18, 1867 in Wells Minnesota and died on March 25, 1938 in the Greater Community Hospital at Creston at the age of 70 years.
Funeal services were held Sunday afternoon at the M. E. Church at Grant with Rev. N. P. Orcutt of Corning in charge. Mrs. Forrest Parker, Mrs. Albert Bender, Ross Miller, and Fred Davis sang, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Earl Spiker. The pall bearers were Ed Bourck, Louis Linderman, Lester Starlin, John Knee, William Blackburn, and George Starlin. Burial was in the Grant Cemetery.
Villisca Review, Thursday, March 31, 1938, page 4
Thursday, March 31, 1938
Obituary
The Adams County Free Press - Corning Iowa
The passing of WILDER WEEKS, Friday, March 25th , took from this community one who had spent 55 years in the locality having spent these years of his life one-half mile from the Adams County line in Cass County.
His death resulted from pneumonia following a stroke and the last ten days were spent in a hospital in Creston where he died.
Wilder Weeks, son of Maple and Sarah Weeks, was born July 18, 1867, in Wells, Minnesota, and died Friday, March 25, 1938, aged 70 years, 8 months, 7 days. He was married to Mettie Odell in 1899. Mrs. Weeks died December 28, 1926. He is survived by one son, Edward, and seven grandchildren; also a sister, Mrs. Blossom Wahlund.
Funeral Services were held Sunday, March 27, 1938, in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Grant. Conducted by the Rev. N.P. Orcutt. Burial was made in the Grant Cemetery.
Wilder was born to Jane Ackerman and Maple Weeks. After his father died of Typhoid fever, the family moved to Iowa so his mother could work as a housekeeper. He herded cattle on the prairie, and drove a 20-horse team to plow the land. He didn't mind the cold weather, and many times he only wore rubber boots stuffed with newspapers on his feet in the winter. He owned the first rock quarry in Cass Co. He married Mettie Odell in 1898, and they had one son, Edward, born in 1902. His wife died in 1926 while on a trip to SD. He developed Milk Leg while working for Roy Nelson and died on March 25, 1938.
Wilder was most tolerant of the cold - never wore shoes or socks in the winter, using only newspapers and rubber boots for warmth. He owned the first rock quarry used for agricultural purposes which was located in Cass Co., Iowa. In 1938 he died of Milk Leg.
WILDER WEEKS
Wilder Weeks was born July 18, 1867 in Wells Minnesota and died on March 25, 1938 in the Greater Community Hospital at Creston at the age of 70 years.
Funeal services were held Sunday afternoon at the M. E. Church at Grant with Rev. N. P. Orcutt of Corning in charge. Mrs. Forrest Parker, Mrs. Albert Bender, Ross Miller, and Fred Davis sang, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Earl Spiker. The pall bearers were Ed Bourck, Louis Linderman, Lester Starlin, John Knee, William Blackburn, and George Starlin. Burial was in the Grant Cemetery.
Villisca Review, Thursday, March 31, 1938, page 4
Thursday, March 31, 1938
Obituary
The Adams County Free Press - Corning Iowa
The passing of WILDER WEEKS, Friday, March 25th , took from this community one who had spent 55 years in the locality having spent these years of his life one-half mile from the Adams County line in Cass County.
His death resulted from pneumonia following a stroke and the last ten days were spent in a hospital in Creston where he died.
Wilder Weeks, son of Maple and Sarah Weeks, was born July 18, 1867, in Wells, Minnesota, and died Friday, March 25, 1938, aged 70 years, 8 months, 7 days. He was married to Mettie Odell in 1899. Mrs. Weeks died December 28, 1926. He is survived by one son, Edward, and seven grandchildren; also a sister, Mrs. Blossom Wahlund.
Funeral Services were held Sunday, March 27, 1938, in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Grant. Conducted by the Rev. N.P. Orcutt. Burial was made in the Grant Cemetery.
Wilder was born to Jane Ackerman and Maple Weeks. After his father died of Typhoid fever, the family moved to Iowa so his mother could work as a housekeeper. He herded cattle on the prairie, and drove a 20-horse team to plow the land. He didn't mind the cold weather, and many times he only wore rubber boots stuffed with newspapers on his feet in the winter. He owned the first rock quarry in Cass Co. He married Mettie Odell in 1898, and they had one son, Edward, born in 1902. His wife died in 1926 while on a trip to SD. He developed Milk Leg while working for Roy Nelson and died on March 25, 1938.
Wilder was most tolerant of the cold - never wore shoes or socks in the winter, using only newspapers and rubber boots for warmth. He owned the first rock quarry used for agricultural purposes which was located in Cass Co., Iowa. In 1938 he died of Milk Leg.
Wilder Weeks was born July 18, 1867 in Wells Minnesota and died on March 25, 1938 in the Greater Community Hospital at Creston at the age of 70 years.
Funeal services were held Sunday afternoon at the M. E. Church at Grant with Rev. N. P. Orcutt of Corning in charge. Mrs. Forrest Parker, Mrs. Albert Bender, Ross Miller, and Fred Davis sang, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Earl Spiker. The pall bearers were Ed Bourck, Louis Linderman, Lester Starlin, John Knee, William Blackburn, and George Starlin. Burial was in the Grant Cemetery.
Villisca Review, Thursday, March 31, 1938, page 4
Thursday, March 31, 1938
Obituary
The Adams County Free Press - Corning Iowa
The passing of WILDER WEEKS, Friday, March 25th , took from this community one who had spent 55 years in the locality having spent these years of his life one-half mile from the Adams County line in Cass County.
His death resulted from pneumonia following a stroke and the last ten days were spent in a hospital in Creston where he died.
Wilder Weeks, son of Maple and Sarah Weeks, was born July 18, 1867, in Wells, Minnesota, and died Friday, March 25, 1938, aged 70 years, 8 months, 7 days. He was married to Mettie Odell in 1899. Mrs. Weeks died December 28, 1926. He is survived by one son, Edward, and seven grandchildren; also a sister, Mrs. Blossom Wahlund.
Funeral Services were held Sunday, March 27, 1938, in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Grant. Conducted by the Rev. N.P. Orcutt. Burial was made in the Grant Cemetery.
Wilder was born to Jane Ackerman and Maple Weeks. After his father died of Typhoid fever, the family moved to Iowa so his mother could work as a housekeeper. He herded cattle on the prairie, and drove a 20-horse team to plow the land. He didn't mind the cold weather, and many times he only wore rubber boots stuffed with newspapers on his feet in the winter. He owned the first rock quarry in Cass Co. He married Mettie Odell in 1898, and they had one son, Edward, born in 1902. His wife died in 1926 while on a trip to SD. He developed Milk Leg while working for Roy Nelson and died on March 25, 1938.
Wilder was most tolerant of the cold - never wore shoes or socks in the winter, using only newspapers and rubber boots for warmth. He owned the first rock quarry used for agricultural purposes which was located in Cass Co., Iowa. In 1938 he died of Milk Leg.
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