PAUL V. WILDA (d. 1968)
Paul V. Wilda, 57, of 1532 Iris Dr., Manitowoc, died Thursday morning at the
Veterans Hospital, Wood, Wis.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home,
Manitowoc, by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 659. Burial will be
in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, where military rites will be accorded.
Mr. Wilda was born July 23, 1910, at Manitowoc, son of the late Edward L. Wilda
and Mrs. Paula Stupecky Wilda. He was graduated from Lincoln High School,
Manitowoc, in 1923, and attended Wisconsin State University-Whitewater. He married
Orlean Nelson July 28, 1951, at Crown Point, Ind.
A veteran of World War II and 30-months of overseas duty, Mr. Wilda was employed
as assistant adjutant quartermaster for the Wisconsin Department of VFW. Mr. Wilda
was a member of the VFW Post 659 and Eagles Aerie 706. He entered service Oct. 24,
1949 and served in the South Pacific. He was discharged Dec. 15, 1945, and was a
first sergeant in the 14th-61st Engineer Maintenance Corps.
Besides his wife he is survived by a son, Paul, and a daughter, Paulette, and mother
of Manitowoc, and two brothers, Harry of Sturgeon Bay and Chester of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 25, 1968 P. 30
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[d. Wood, WI/bur. on Mrs. Edward L. Wilda lot]
PAUL V. WILDA (d. 1968)
Paul V. Wilda, 57, of 1532 Iris Dr., Manitowoc, died Thursday morning at the
Veterans Hospital, Wood, Wis.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home,
Manitowoc, by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 659. Burial will be
in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, where military rites will be accorded.
Mr. Wilda was born July 23, 1910, at Manitowoc, son of the late Edward L. Wilda
and Mrs. Paula Stupecky Wilda. He was graduated from Lincoln High School,
Manitowoc, in 1923, and attended Wisconsin State University-Whitewater. He married
Orlean Nelson July 28, 1951, at Crown Point, Ind.
A veteran of World War II and 30-months of overseas duty, Mr. Wilda was employed
as assistant adjutant quartermaster for the Wisconsin Department of VFW. Mr. Wilda
was a member of the VFW Post 659 and Eagles Aerie 706. He entered service Oct. 24,
1949 and served in the South Pacific. He was discharged Dec. 15, 1945, and was a
first sergeant in the 14th-61st Engineer Maintenance Corps.
Besides his wife he is survived by a son, Paul, and a daughter, Paulette, and mother
of Manitowoc, and two brothers, Harry of Sturgeon Bay and Chester of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 25, 1968 P. 30
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[d. Wood, WI/bur. on Mrs. Edward L. Wilda lot]
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