WILKEY, William Ford
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.
Bloomingdale, Ind. (CNS) — William Ford Wilkey, 46, died at 1:55 a.m. today (July 6, 1966) at Lake View Memorial Hospital in Danville where he had been a patient 12 days. He had been in ill health three years. A life resident of Bloomingdale Route 1, he was born April 7, 1920, a son of Morton and Lois Ford Wilkey. He married Merle Jackson on Sept. 4, 1942 and she survives. Also surviving is his mother of Lafayette; two daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Lee Ann) Kunkle Jr. of Terre Haute and Miss Lou Sinda at home; two brothers, Robert of Butlerville and Donald of Pekin, Ill.; an aunt; and several nieces. A farmer, Mr. Wilkey was a member of Kingman Masonic Lodge 314 and the Wallace Low 12 Club. He was a school bus driver the past 12 years for the Turkey Run district. The body is at the Davies-Tudor Funeral Home at Marshall where friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with Mrs. Ruth Isaacs officiating. Burial will be in Rush Creek Cemetery. --typed by Walt W