WILBUR, Armilda Bowman
Source: Danville Commercial News March 8, 1967
Veedersburg, Ind. (CNS) — Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sever Funeral Home for Mrs. Armilda Wilbur, 64, who died Wednesday at her home near Lodi Park. The Rev. John Meyers will officiate. Burial will be in Miller Cemetery at Lodi. The body is at the funeral home. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today
Source: The obituary is from a collection of newspaper (paper names not recorded) obituaries saved, by Fauniel Hershberger, during the 1950's, 60's, 70's and 80's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Veedersburg, Ind. (CNS) — Mrs. Armilda C. Wilbur, 64, died last night (March 7, 1967) at her home near Lodi Park. She had lived there the past five years and prior to that in Veedersburg. She had been in ill health the past four years. She was born March 27, 1902, in Fountain County, the daughter of Elliot and Effie Banta Bowman. She was married Aug. 25, 1923, to Jed Wilbur, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Esther Davis of Veedersburg and Mrs. Euma Furner of Kirkland; a son, David of Lafayette; two sisters, Mrs. Alma Stump and Mrs. Thelma Smick, both of Hammond; four brothers, Bruce and Joe, both of Veedersburg, Alan of St. John, and David of Avon. There are 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was a member of the Baptist Church in Lodi. The body is at the Sever Mortuary. Arrangements are incomplete. Veedersburg, Ind. (CNS) — Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sever Funeral Home for Mrs. Armilda Wilbur, 64, who died Wednesday at her home near Lodi Park. The Rev. John Meyers will officiate. Burial will be in Miller Cemetery at Lodi. The body is at the funeral home. --typed by Walt W
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, March 10, 1967
Mrs. Armilda C. Wilbur, age 64, former resident of the Covington and Veedersburg communities, died Wednesday night, March 8, at her home near Lodi Park. She had lived there the past five years and prior to that in Veedersburg and the Covington community. She had been in ill health the past four years. Mrs. Wilbur was born March 27, 1902, in Fountain County, the daughter of Elliot and Effie Banta Bowman. She was married August 25, 1923, to Jed Wilbur, who survives. She was a member of the Baptist Church in Lodi. Surviving, in addition to the husband, are: two daughters, Mrs. Esther Davis of Veedersburg and Mrs. Uma Furner of Kirkland; one son, David of Lafayette; two sisters, Mrs. Alma Stump and Mrs. Thelma Smick, both of Hammond; four brothers, Bruce and Joe, both of Veedersburg, Alan of St. John, and David of Avon. There are 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sever Mortuary in Veedersburg. The Rev. John Meyer officiated and burial was in Miller Cemetery at Lodi. -– jlr