Obituary Record

Mary Mathilda (Bowden) Wilder
Died on 4/20/1926
Buried in Blair Cemetery

Mary Mathilda “Malley” Wilder (Bowden)

Published in the Pilot April 28, 1926

Mrs. John Wilder died at her home 3008 Sprague Street, Omaha, on Tuesday. April 20th, and the body was brought here for the funeral service at the Methodist Church last Thursday afternoon, the service being conducted by Rev. O. U. MeProud. Burial was in the Blair Cemetery. Mary Mathilda Bowden was born near Terre Haute, Ind., Mary 23rd, 1870 so was almost 56 years of age. She married to John Wilder December 2nd, 1895, and ten children were born to them, seven of whom are now living, Floyd, Lloyd and Ralph Wilder, Mrs. George Norgard, Mrs. R. C. Evans and Elsie and Ethel Wilder, all of Omaha. She also leaves four brothers, Sam and Eli Bowden of Tekamah, George, of Wyoming and Wiiley, of Missouri, and Mrs. Angeline Ray, of Blair.

Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clipping on file at the Blair Public Library.

Printed in the Blair Pilot on 4/28/1926


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