Lillian married John Wheeler on 18 July 1895 in Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
Lillian Rood, daughter of Hosea W. and Elizabeth Monroe Rood, was born Oct. 11, 1870, in Dakota, Wis., and died Jan. 3, 1963, in Dallas, Tex.
As a young girl she was baptized and joined the Milton, Wis., Seventh Day Baptist Church, and later the Boulder, Colo., church of like faith. Graduating from Milton College in 1894 she taught for one year. On July 18, 1895, she was married to John R. Wheeler, son of the Rev. S. R. Wheeler. In 1901 they moved to Boulder, Colo. where she was church clerk for many years. Mr. Wheeler died in 1934, and later Mrs. Wheeler went to Dallas to be near her daughter.
She is survived by her daughter, Dorothy (Mrs. D. W. Smith); one grandson, David W. Smith Jr. of Fairfield, Conn.; her sister, Mrs. S. N. Lowther, Ontario, Calif., and five grandchildren.
A brief service was held in Dallas and later in Boulder, Colo., where services were conducted by Pastor Mynor G. Soper. Burial was at Boulder. Grace Lowther
(Entry taken from MyFamily.com: They Came From Milton website by Jon Saunders. Extracted from "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 174, No 5, p 16, Feb. 4, 1963).
Lillian Rood, daughter of Hosea W. and Elizabeth Monroe Rood, was born Oct. 11, 1870, in Dakota, Wis., and died Jan. 3, 1963, in Dallas, Tex.
As a young girl she was baptized and joined the Milton, Wis., Seventh Day Baptist Church, and later the Boulder, Colo., church of like faith. Graduating from Milton College in 1894 she taught for one year. On July 18, 1895, she was married to John R. Wheeler, son of the Rev. S. R. Wheeler. In 1901 they moved to Boulder, Colo. where she was church clerk for many years. Mr. Wheeler died in 1934, and later Mrs. Wheeler went to Dallas to be near her daughter.
She is survived by her daughter, Dorothy (Mrs. D. W. Smith); one grandson, David W. Smith Jr. of Fairfield, Conn.; her sister, Mrs. S. N. Lowther, Ontario, Calif., and five grandchildren.
A brief service was held in Dallas and later in Boulder, Colo., where services were conducted by Pastor Mynor G. Soper. Burial was at Boulder. Grace Lowther
(Entry taken from MyFamily.com: They Came From Milton website by Jon Saunders. Extracted from "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 174, No 5, p 16, Feb. 4, 1963).
Lillian married John Wheeler on 18 July 1895 in Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
Lillian Rood, daughter of Hosea W. and Elizabeth Monroe Rood, was born Oct. 11, 1870, in Dakota, Wis., and died Jan. 3, 1963, in Dallas, Tex.
As a young girl she was baptized and joined the Milton, Wis., Seventh Day Baptist Church, and later the Boulder, Colo., church of like faith. Graduating from Milton College in 1894 she taught for one year. On July 18, 1895, she was married to John R. Wheeler, son of the Rev. S. R. Wheeler. In 1901 they moved to Boulder, Colo. where she was church clerk for many years. Mr. Wheeler died in 1934, and later Mrs. Wheeler went to Dallas to be near her daughter.
She is survived by her daughter, Dorothy (Mrs. D. W. Smith); one grandson, David W. Smith Jr. of Fairfield, Conn.; her sister, Mrs. S. N. Lowther, Ontario, Calif., and five grandchildren.
A brief service was held in Dallas and later in Boulder, Colo., where services were conducted by Pastor Mynor G. Soper. Burial was at Boulder. Grace Lowther
(Entry taken from MyFamily.com: They Came From Milton website by Jon Saunders. Extracted from "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 174, No 5, p 16, Feb. 4, 1963).
Lillian Rood, daughter of Hosea W. and Elizabeth Monroe Rood, was born Oct. 11, 1870, in Dakota, Wis., and died Jan. 3, 1963, in Dallas, Tex.
As a young girl she was baptized and joined the Milton, Wis., Seventh Day Baptist Church, and later the Boulder, Colo., church of like faith. Graduating from Milton College in 1894 she taught for one year. On July 18, 1895, she was married to John R. Wheeler, son of the Rev. S. R. Wheeler. In 1901 they moved to Boulder, Colo. where she was church clerk for many years. Mr. Wheeler died in 1934, and later Mrs. Wheeler went to Dallas to be near her daughter.
She is survived by her daughter, Dorothy (Mrs. D. W. Smith); one grandson, David W. Smith Jr. of Fairfield, Conn.; her sister, Mrs. S. N. Lowther, Ontario, Calif., and five grandchildren.
A brief service was held in Dallas and later in Boulder, Colo., where services were conducted by Pastor Mynor G. Soper. Burial was at Boulder. Grace Lowther
(Entry taken from MyFamily.com: They Came From Milton website by Jon Saunders. Extracted from "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 174, No 5, p 16, Feb. 4, 1963).
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