from a member:
Russell and his father, Edward Wilder Sr. (also buried in this cemetery, but not on findagrave) both died Feb 6. 1951 in the Woodbridge Train Wreck.
His obituary:
Utica Observer-Dispatch – Thursday, February 9, 1951
Russell Wilder
Russell Wilder, 27, Interlaken, N.J., died Feb. 6, 1951, in St. Peter's Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J., from injuries received in a train wreck at Woodbridge, N.J. He was born in Long Branch, N.J., son of Lillian Wilder and the late Edward H. Wilder Sr. He was assistant advertising and sales promotion manager for Post Exchange, Notions and Art Needlework Magazines. Mr. Wilder graduated from Syracuse University and was a lieutenant in the Naval Air Force during World War 2. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury Park, N.J.Besides his mother, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Philroy C. Gale, Norfolk, Va.; two brothers, Edward H. Wilder Jr., West Allenhurst, N.J., and F. Scott Wilder, Interlaken, N.J.; two aunts, Mrs. Walter Cookinham and Mrs. Robert Smith, both of Utica. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tomorrow from Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury park. Burial will be in Monmouth Memorial Park, Neptune, N.J.
Russell and his father, Edward Wilder Sr. (also buried in this cemetery, but not on findagrave) both died Feb 6. 1951 in the Woodbridge Train Wreck.
His obituary:
Utica Observer-Dispatch – Thursday, February 9, 1951
Russell Wilder
Russell Wilder, 27, Interlaken, N.J., died Feb. 6, 1951, in St. Peter's Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J., from injuries received in a train wreck at Woodbridge, N.J. He was born in Long Branch, N.J., son of Lillian Wilder and the late Edward H. Wilder Sr. He was assistant advertising and sales promotion manager for Post Exchange, Notions and Art Needlework Magazines. Mr. Wilder graduated from Syracuse University and was a lieutenant in the Naval Air Force during World War 2. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury Park, N.J.Besides his mother, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Philroy C. Gale, Norfolk, Va.; two brothers, Edward H. Wilder Jr., West Allenhurst, N.J., and F. Scott Wilder, Interlaken, N.J.; two aunts, Mrs. Walter Cookinham and Mrs. Robert Smith, both of Utica. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tomorrow from Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury park. Burial will be in Monmouth Memorial Park, Neptune, N.J.
from a member:
Russell and his father, Edward Wilder Sr. (also buried in this cemetery, but not on findagrave) both died Feb 6. 1951 in the Woodbridge Train Wreck.
His obituary:
Utica Observer-Dispatch – Thursday, February 9, 1951
Russell Wilder
Russell Wilder, 27, Interlaken, N.J., died Feb. 6, 1951, in St. Peter's Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J., from injuries received in a train wreck at Woodbridge, N.J. He was born in Long Branch, N.J., son of Lillian Wilder and the late Edward H. Wilder Sr. He was assistant advertising and sales promotion manager for Post Exchange, Notions and Art Needlework Magazines. Mr. Wilder graduated from Syracuse University and was a lieutenant in the Naval Air Force during World War 2. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury Park, N.J.Besides his mother, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Philroy C. Gale, Norfolk, Va.; two brothers, Edward H. Wilder Jr., West Allenhurst, N.J., and F. Scott Wilder, Interlaken, N.J.; two aunts, Mrs. Walter Cookinham and Mrs. Robert Smith, both of Utica. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tomorrow from Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury park. Burial will be in Monmouth Memorial Park, Neptune, N.J.
Russell and his father, Edward Wilder Sr. (also buried in this cemetery, but not on findagrave) both died Feb 6. 1951 in the Woodbridge Train Wreck.
His obituary:
Utica Observer-Dispatch – Thursday, February 9, 1951
Russell Wilder
Russell Wilder, 27, Interlaken, N.J., died Feb. 6, 1951, in St. Peter's Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J., from injuries received in a train wreck at Woodbridge, N.J. He was born in Long Branch, N.J., son of Lillian Wilder and the late Edward H. Wilder Sr. He was assistant advertising and sales promotion manager for Post Exchange, Notions and Art Needlework Magazines. Mr. Wilder graduated from Syracuse University and was a lieutenant in the Naval Air Force during World War 2. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury Park, N.J.Besides his mother, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Philroy C. Gale, Norfolk, Va.; two brothers, Edward H. Wilder Jr., West Allenhurst, N.J., and F. Scott Wilder, Interlaken, N.J.; two aunts, Mrs. Walter Cookinham and Mrs. Robert Smith, both of Utica. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tomorrow from Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury park. Burial will be in Monmouth Memorial Park, Neptune, N.J.
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