Shelby-Harrison County IA Archives Obituaries.....WILSON, Ira Glade July 16, 1958
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Pittsburg Headlight, July 16, 1958, Pittsburg, Kansas
Ira G. WILSON, retired head of the College English department and a veteran 
teacher, died shortly after noon today at his home. He had been in failing 
health for several months.
The veteran teacher was born August 4, 1876, in Logan, Iowa. He came to 
Pittsburg in 1921 and was head of the English department until he retired in 
1935.
Prior to coming to Pittsburg he was superintendent of schools at Stella, Neb., 
and traveled for the American Book Company, and then took over as head of the 
English department at Peru, Neb. He was a graduate of the Fremont Teachers 
College in Nebraska and later received degrees from the Peru College and the 
University of Lincoln.
On August 19, 1903 he married Miss Kate E. HANSEN of Woodbine, Iowa, who 
survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Roy T. Heller of Pittsburg and 
Mrs. Ray Heady of Independence, Missouri; a sister, Mrs. Gladys Crothers of El 
Cajon, Ca. and two brothers, Claude Wilson of Elko, Nev., and Orange Wilson of 
Hunt Hurdsfield, N.D. and three grandchildren.
Services will be held Friday at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter Day Saints. Elder T.W. Bath will officiate. Interment will be in 
Highland Park cemetery. 

Additional Comments:
Son of Walter Chauncey WILSON and Mary Isabella HANNER WILSON.

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