Kingsley News-Times: April 23, 1959
Funeral services for W. W "Pete" Wormley, 46, killed instantly in a car-truck mishap near Moville early Wednesday, April 15, were held at the Methodist Church here Friday afternoon.
Rev. Everett Major officiated and burial was made in the Kingsley cemetery under the direction of the Dickison funeral home.
The Legion color guard participated in the service, and Masonic rites were conducted at graveside.
Mrs. Raymond Hess provided special organ music for the services, and pall bearers were Earl Anstine, Frank Clark, Charles Knowles, Gene Kraft, Philip Dunne and Harry Mahrt. Jack Clark and Emmett Henry were ushers.
Pete, a life long resident of the Kingsley community was very well know here. For the past several years he had been shop manager for the Knowles Manufacturing Co. He and Marjorie Anstine of Kingsley were to have been married soon.
Obituary
Woodrow W. Wilson was bom July 9, 1912 at Kingsley, and was one of eight children born to John and Frances Rock Wormley. He attended school in Kingsley and graduated with the class of 1930.
He attended the University of Iowa for two years, then returned to Kingsley where he worked with his father for a number of years. During World War II he served with the Seabees.
In 1932, on June 10, he married Marion Bainbridge and to this union four daughters were born, all of whom survive.
When he returned from the Seabees he again worked with his father until 1948, when his father passed away.
Pete was then employed at the Knowles and Clark Hardware Store and later by the Knowles Manufacturing Company He was a member of the American Legion Nash Post 140 of Kingsley, of Cosmos Lodge 470, the Sioux City Consistory No. 5 and the Methodist Church. He was a 32nd degree Mason.
His survivors include the four daughters, Mrs. Burton Sparks and Mrs. James Seuntjens of Sioux City, Iowa, Mrs. Darlo Forbes, Kansas City, Missouri and Mrs. Larry Hansen, Moville. Four brothers, Harry W of Des Moines, John M. of Davenport, George T of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Charles H. of Davenport, three sisters, Mrs. Edna McGuire,. Sioux City, Mrs. William Sanborn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mrs. Bruce Clark of Ida Grove, and ten grandchildren.
Funeral services for W. W "Pete" Wormley, 46, killed instantly in a car-truck mishap near Moville early Wednesday, April 15, were held at the Methodist Church here Friday afternoon.
Rev. Everett Major officiated and burial was made in the Kingsley cemetery under the direction of the Dickison funeral home.
The Legion color guard participated in the service, and Masonic rites were conducted at graveside.
Mrs. Raymond Hess provided special organ music for the services, and pall bearers were Earl Anstine, Frank Clark, Charles Knowles, Gene Kraft, Philip Dunne and Harry Mahrt. Jack Clark and Emmett Henry were ushers.
Pete, a life long resident of the Kingsley community was very well know here. For the past several years he had been shop manager for the Knowles Manufacturing Co. He and Marjorie Anstine of Kingsley were to have been married soon.
Obituary
Woodrow W. Wilson was bom July 9, 1912 at Kingsley, and was one of eight children born to John and Frances Rock Wormley. He attended school in Kingsley and graduated with the class of 1930.
He attended the University of Iowa for two years, then returned to Kingsley where he worked with his father for a number of years. During World War II he served with the Seabees.
In 1932, on June 10, he married Marion Bainbridge and to this union four daughters were born, all of whom survive.
When he returned from the Seabees he again worked with his father until 1948, when his father passed away.
Pete was then employed at the Knowles and Clark Hardware Store and later by the Knowles Manufacturing Company He was a member of the American Legion Nash Post 140 of Kingsley, of Cosmos Lodge 470, the Sioux City Consistory No. 5 and the Methodist Church. He was a 32nd degree Mason.
His survivors include the four daughters, Mrs. Burton Sparks and Mrs. James Seuntjens of Sioux City, Iowa, Mrs. Darlo Forbes, Kansas City, Missouri and Mrs. Larry Hansen, Moville. Four brothers, Harry W of Des Moines, John M. of Davenport, George T of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Charles H. of Davenport, three sisters, Mrs. Edna McGuire,. Sioux City, Mrs. William Sanborn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mrs. Bruce Clark of Ida Grove, and ten grandchildren.
Kingsley News-Times: April 23, 1959
Funeral services for W. W "Pete" Wormley, 46, killed instantly in a car-truck mishap near Moville early Wednesday, April 15, were held at the Methodist Church here Friday afternoon.
Rev. Everett Major officiated and burial was made in the Kingsley cemetery under the direction of the Dickison funeral home.
The Legion color guard participated in the service, and Masonic rites were conducted at graveside.
Mrs. Raymond Hess provided special organ music for the services, and pall bearers were Earl Anstine, Frank Clark, Charles Knowles, Gene Kraft, Philip Dunne and Harry Mahrt. Jack Clark and Emmett Henry were ushers.
Pete, a life long resident of the Kingsley community was very well know here. For the past several years he had been shop manager for the Knowles Manufacturing Co. He and Marjorie Anstine of Kingsley were to have been married soon.
Obituary
Woodrow W. Wilson was bom July 9, 1912 at Kingsley, and was one of eight children born to John and Frances Rock Wormley. He attended school in Kingsley and graduated with the class of 1930.
He attended the University of Iowa for two years, then returned to Kingsley where he worked with his father for a number of years. During World War II he served with the Seabees.
In 1932, on June 10, he married Marion Bainbridge and to this union four daughters were born, all of whom survive.
When he returned from the Seabees he again worked with his father until 1948, when his father passed away.
Pete was then employed at the Knowles and Clark Hardware Store and later by the Knowles Manufacturing Company He was a member of the American Legion Nash Post 140 of Kingsley, of Cosmos Lodge 470, the Sioux City Consistory No. 5 and the Methodist Church. He was a 32nd degree Mason.
His survivors include the four daughters, Mrs. Burton Sparks and Mrs. James Seuntjens of Sioux City, Iowa, Mrs. Darlo Forbes, Kansas City, Missouri and Mrs. Larry Hansen, Moville. Four brothers, Harry W of Des Moines, John M. of Davenport, George T of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Charles H. of Davenport, three sisters, Mrs. Edna McGuire,. Sioux City, Mrs. William Sanborn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mrs. Bruce Clark of Ida Grove, and ten grandchildren.
Funeral services for W. W "Pete" Wormley, 46, killed instantly in a car-truck mishap near Moville early Wednesday, April 15, were held at the Methodist Church here Friday afternoon.
Rev. Everett Major officiated and burial was made in the Kingsley cemetery under the direction of the Dickison funeral home.
The Legion color guard participated in the service, and Masonic rites were conducted at graveside.
Mrs. Raymond Hess provided special organ music for the services, and pall bearers were Earl Anstine, Frank Clark, Charles Knowles, Gene Kraft, Philip Dunne and Harry Mahrt. Jack Clark and Emmett Henry were ushers.
Pete, a life long resident of the Kingsley community was very well know here. For the past several years he had been shop manager for the Knowles Manufacturing Co. He and Marjorie Anstine of Kingsley were to have been married soon.
Obituary
Woodrow W. Wilson was bom July 9, 1912 at Kingsley, and was one of eight children born to John and Frances Rock Wormley. He attended school in Kingsley and graduated with the class of 1930.
He attended the University of Iowa for two years, then returned to Kingsley where he worked with his father for a number of years. During World War II he served with the Seabees.
In 1932, on June 10, he married Marion Bainbridge and to this union four daughters were born, all of whom survive.
When he returned from the Seabees he again worked with his father until 1948, when his father passed away.
Pete was then employed at the Knowles and Clark Hardware Store and later by the Knowles Manufacturing Company He was a member of the American Legion Nash Post 140 of Kingsley, of Cosmos Lodge 470, the Sioux City Consistory No. 5 and the Methodist Church. He was a 32nd degree Mason.
His survivors include the four daughters, Mrs. Burton Sparks and Mrs. James Seuntjens of Sioux City, Iowa, Mrs. Darlo Forbes, Kansas City, Missouri and Mrs. Larry Hansen, Moville. Four brothers, Harry W of Des Moines, John M. of Davenport, George T of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Charles H. of Davenport, three sisters, Mrs. Edna McGuire,. Sioux City, Mrs. William Sanborn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mrs. Bruce Clark of Ida Grove, and ten grandchildren.
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