Beckham County, OK - Obits: Ella Wilson, 1922
Monday, 23 February 2009
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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WILSON, ELLA
(12 Jan 1922, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
TRIBUTE TO MRS. J. L. WILSON
The following tribute was taken from the Burt County Herald, published at
Tekomah, Nebraska:
Mrs. J. L. Wilson
Word was received Saturday of the death of Mrs. John L. Wilson, at home in
Los Angeles, Calif.  The news brought sadness to many Tekamah homes as she
had been for many years an esteemed resident of this city.
Miss Ella Means was born in Jackson county, Iowa, in the late fifties, and
came to Burt county, Nebraska, with her parents in the early sixties.  She
was married to John L. Wilson at Tekamah, September 30th, 1874, and to
them four children were born, two sons, Roy and Heber, and two daughters,
Mildred and Marjorie.
In April, 1901, the family moved to Elk City, Oklahoma, where Mr. Wilson
died a few years ago, since then the widow with her daughter, Miss
Mildred, have lived in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Wilson was a favorite in Tekamah during her long residence.  She
possessed rare artistic talent and conducted an art studio in her home for
a number of years where she gave lessons in oil painting, pastel, and
hammered brass work, to a very large class, until her removal to Oklahoma
twenty years ago.
Mrs. Wilson is survived by her four children all of whom were present at
the time of her demise.  The interment occurred in Los Angeles, on Monday,
December 28th.
The deep sympathy of many old time friends of the family in Tekamah is
extended to the children in this their hour of great sorrow.

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