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Surnames: BENNETT, BYERS, LESTER, RAINBOLT, SHIELDS, WILSON
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, October 24, 1957,
Volume LXXXIII, Number 2, Page 1, Column 8, “Mrs. Nancy Wilson Taken By Death—Well known
Local Woman Laid to Rest Today.” [Transcribed on December 13, 2005 by RLJ from microfilm
of the original newspaper on file in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public
Library.]
Mrs. Nancy Ellen WILSON, well known resident of Bloomfield, passed away at 6:35 o’clock
Monday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ruth BENNETT, at 38 West Mechanic Street,
following a lengthy illness. She was 83 years old.
Born in Jackson Township on May 4, 1869, she was the daughter of Joel and Elizabeth
(RAINBOLT) BYERS. She was the youngest and last living member of a family of nine
children. In her early life, Mrs. WILSON was a school teacher.
Mrs. WILSON, known by her many friends as “Aunt Nan” and her husband Alvadore WILSON
resided in South Bloomfield for many years, and even after his death in February 1944, she
continued to live alone, as long as her health permitted. She had made her home with Mrs.
BENNETT for several years.
Mrs. WILSON was also preceded in death by a son, Ralph WILSON.
Surviving are a son, R. C. WILSON, of Palestine, Illinois; three daughters, Mrs. BENNETT,
at whose home she died; Mrs. Dessie LESTER, of South Seminary Street, and Mrs. Esther
SHIELDS, of Miami, Florida; 10 grandchildren, several great=grandchildren, and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Last rites were conducted at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Jenkins & Sons Funeral
Home. The Rev. Eldon HALLEY was the officiating minister, and burial was made in
Grandview Cemetery.
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Link to the Obituary of her husband, Lilburn Alvadore WILSON [1869IN—1945IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to the Obituary of her son, Ralph Edwin WILSON [1896IN—1944IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to the Obituary of her father, Joel BYERS [1829PA—1911IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/rw/localities.northam.usa.state...
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Link to the Obituary of her brother, Jacob Franklin BYERS [1850IN—1941IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/rw/localities.northam.usa.state...
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Link to the Obituary of her sister, Sarah Freelove (BYERS) STRAUSER [1857IN—1943IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/rw/localities.northam.usa.state...
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Link to the Obituary of her sister, Mary Fay Tima (BYERS) OLIPHANT [1861IN—1937IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/rw/localities.northam.usa.state...
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