OBIT: Lydia Elizabeth (WINTERBERG) WILEY, 1941, of interest in Somerset County, 
PA

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LYDIA WILEY

Grantsville, Maryland

  Mrs. Lydia Elizabeth (Winterberg) Wiley, 81, one of the older residents of 
this community, passed away late Saturday afternoon, March 15, following an 
illness of several months.  Her condition had been critical for weeks and death 
was due to a complication of diseases.
  Mrs. Wiley was born at Grantsville October 24, 1859, the daughter of Henry and 
Sophia Scheuermann Winterberg, former natives of Germany.  She was the oldest of 
a family of twelve children.  Grantsville and Bittinger had been her residence 
during her entire life.  She was therefore well known throughout the county and 
was greatly loved and admired by everyone.  She was the widow of Thomas B. 
Wiley, of Bittinger, who died a number of years ago.  When very young she was 
confirmed as a member of the Grantsville Lutheran Church but following her 
marriage she transferred her membership to the Lutheran church at Bittinger.  
She had always taken an active interest in church and civic affairs and her life 
was one of service to her family and friends until her declining years prevented 
these activities.
  Mrs. Wiley was the mother of seven children who survive.  They are: Mrs. David 
Messersmith and Dewey Wiley, Marathon, N.Y., B. Harrison Wiley, Baltimore, Mrs. 
Edward Buckel and Mrs. Herbert Buckel, Bittinger, Charles Wiley and Thomas 
Wiley, Canton, O.  A step-daughter, Mrs. David Joslyn, Sacramento, Cal., also 
survives.  All of these children visited their mother often during her illness.  
Mrs. Messersmith has spent the past few weeks at her bedside and Mrs. Joslyn 
arrived last week.  Those who had gone home returned to Grantsville immediately.
  Mrs. Wiley also leaves two sisters, Miss Christina Winterberg, Grantsville, 
and Mrs. Rush Montgomery, Waldo, Fla., and three brothers, William Winterberg, 
Grantsville, Henry Winterberg, Cumberland, and Martin L. Winterberg, Shelton, 
Conn.  Thirty-nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.

Meyersdale Republican, March 20, 1941