WILLIAM WILDERSON FUNERAL SERVICES EARLY THURSDAY
Funeral services were held Thursday morning for William A. Wilderson, a life-long Blair and Washington County resident who had died earlier this week.
He was born March 15, 1898 at Mondamin, Iowa, but had lived in Washington county since a young lad.
He was a carpenter by trade and his work took him to a number of places throughout the area.
During World War II he was employed as a civilian worker on Wake Island when the area was under attack. He was taken prisoner, along with military personnel and held for four years before being released.
He is survived by his wife, Edith, and by three daughters and eight grandchildren. The daughters are Mrs. Nancy Oltmans and Mrs. Jane Johnson, both of Omaha and Mrs. Bette Farrell, of Seattle, Washington.
Also surviving are five sisters and a brother. The sisters are Mrs. Margaret Ruf and Mrs. Marie Teeters, both of Omaha; Mrs. Jeanette Jackson and Mrs. Nellie Stewart, both of Blair; and Mrs. Marjorie Jones, of Bennington. A brother, Chester, resides in San Jose, California.
Funeral services were held at the Roeder Mortuary in Omaha Thursday morning and burial was made in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.
WILLIAM WILDERSON FUNERAL SERVICES EARLY THURSDAY
Funeral services were held Thursday morning for William A. Wilderson, a life-long Blair and Washington County resident who had died earlier this week.
He was born March 15, 1898 at Mondamin, Iowa, but had lived in Washington county since a young lad.
He was a carpenter by trade and his work took him to a number of places throughout the area.
During World War II he was employed as a civilian worker on Wake Island when the area was under attack. He was taken prisoner, along with military personnel and held for four years before being released.
He is survived by his wife, Edith, and by three daughters and eight grandchildren. The daughters are Mrs. Nancy Oltmans and Mrs. Jane Johnson, both of Omaha and Mrs. Bette Farrell, of Seattle, Washington.
Also surviving are five sisters and a brother. The sisters are Mrs. Margaret Ruf and Mrs. Marie Teeters, both of Omaha; Mrs. Jeanette Jackson and Mrs. Nellie Stewart, both of Blair; and Mrs. Marjorie Jones, of Bennington. A brother, Chester, resides in San Jose, California.
Funeral services were held at the Roeder Mortuary in Omaha Thursday morning and burial was made in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.
Gravesite Details
Date of Interment 10 5 1972
Family Members
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Nellie Elizabeth Wilderson Stewart
1896–1974
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Geneva Wilderson Helmsing
1900–1968
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Jeanette Wilderson Jackson
1903–1983
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Pearl A Wilderson Harper
1906–1945
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Margaret Gertrude Wilderson Ruf
1908–1973
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Marie Ruth Wilderson Teeter
1913–1984
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Charles Franklin "Bud" Wilderson Jr
1915–1961
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Margy L. Wilderson Jones
1918–1997
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