OBIT: Nellie (ASKEY) WILSON, 1948, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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NELLIE ASKEY WILSON

  Mrs. Nellie Askey Wilson, wife of James L. Wilson, 127 Large Street, died at 
her home, Sunday afternoon, February 22, after a long illness.
  A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Askey, she was born at Vale Summit, 
Md., October 3, 1873.  She and Mr. Wilson would have celebrated their 51st 
wedding anniversary in April.  Before their retirement several years ago, 
together they conducted a restaurant in Meyersdale for a number of years.
  Surviving besides her husband are two daughters, Mrs. May Wetmiller and Mrs. 
Margaret Silk, both of Pittsburgh; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret McMurdo and Mrs. 
Annie Thomas, Cumberland; three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, at the home with Rev. H. K. 
Hilner, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, officiating.  Interment was in Union 
Cemetery under the direction of the H. R. Konhaus Funeral Home.

Meyersdale Republican, February 26, 1948