OBIT: Ida May (THOMPSON) WILT, 1934, Greenwood, Blair County, PA

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MRS. IDA MAY (THOMPSON) WILT

Wife of J. Scott Wilt of Greenwood, died at 8.40 o'clock this morning 
at the family home, of a complication of diseases. She was a native of 
Blair Furnace and was born on Aug. 14, 1861, a daughter of Thomas and 
Mary Rose Thompson, and was married at Blair Furnace on Sept. 14, 1879, 
to Mr. Wilt, who is a retired Pennsylvania railroad employe. The couple 
celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1929, the death today 
ending a marriage tie of fifty-four years. Mrs. Wilt spent her entire 
lifetime in this district and she was well known among a host of 
friends. Surviving are the husband and nine children, Mrs. W. H. Fields 
and Mrs. W. B. Mosser, both of Altoona; Mrs. *.C. Geddes and Mrs. O. G. 
Nick**a, both of Greenwood; Miss Inez Wilt at home, Mrs. H. B. Irvin of 
Dayton, O., Miss Pauline Wilt of Washington, D.C., L.A. Wilt of 
Greenwood and Chester S. Wilt of Sebring, O. Surviving also are 
thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and one sister, 
Mrs. Anna Forsht of Juniata. Another sister, Mrs. Thomas Hannah, died 
at Greenwood three weeks ago. She was a charter member of the Trinity 
Lutheran church of Juniata. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon, 
the cortege leaving the house at 2 o'clock, with funeral services at 
2.30 o'clock at the Trinity Lutheran church in charge of Rev. Paul L. 
Foulk, pastor. Interment will follow in the Greenwood cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, January 4, 1934