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Facts and Events
Vesta Wilson Dies SundayS1
Vesta Mrs. Vesta I. Wilson, 88, former well known and highly esteemed resident of this community passed away at 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning at the Bethany Methodist Home to Chicago.
Vesta I. Renwick was born December 15, 1864, in Mayfield Township, the daughter of George and Mary Renwick. She was the last survivor of a family of ten children. On October 17, 1882, she was married to Frank L. Wilson at Sycamore. They farmed for a number of years in rural Sycamore, moving to Sumner, Iowa in 1903. Following her husband's death in 1919, Mrs. Wilson returned to Sycamore and made her home here, until entering the Bethany Methodist Home in 1948.
She was a member of the local Methodist church, having transferred her membership here from the Grace Methodist church it Sumner, Iowa, and was active in its work until her health failed her.
Surviving her demise are six children: Mrs. Maude Mae Stark of Kingston, Mrs. Vesta Jackson of Bethesda, Md., George R. Wilson of Sumner, Iowa, Mrs. Agnes J. McDonald of Hamilton, Mont., A. Leslie Wilson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Miss Marjorie Wilson of Minneapolis, Minn. There are also 16 grandchildren, 17 great - grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
The body is being brought to Sycamore this Wednesday morning and the final services are being accorded from the load Methodist church at 10 o'clock with the Rev. Wayne Leighty officiating. Interment will take place in the Mayfield cemetery.
The grandsons of the deceased are to serve as pallbearers
References
- ↑ Vesta Wilson Dies Sunday, in Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, United States. True Republican. (Sycamore, DeKalb County, Ill.)
Page 1, 3 Feb 1953. - ↑ After 15 Years' Absence Died Returning Here, in Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, United States. True Republican. (Sycamore, DeKalb County, Ill.)
Page 1, 6 Mar 1920.
Frank Wilson, Whose Household Goods Were on Way to Sycamore, Died Suddenly of Heart Failure at Sumner, Iowa, on Wednesday Morning
After some 15 years' absence, just ready to return to make his home in Sycamore where he had bought the Loomis dwelling on Mason Court, Frank Wilson, former well known Mayfield farmer, died suddenly from a heart attack at Sumner, Iowa, early Wednesday morning.
His household goods were on the way to Sycamore and Mr. Wilson and his wife expected to leave Sumner the following day.
Frank Wilson was born in New York state about 62 years ago, and came when a child to Mayfield, where he continued to make his home until about 15 years ago, when he removed to Sumner. He was married to Miss Vesta Renwick of a well known family of Mayfield, and sister of R. R. Renwick of this city. Mr. Renwick departed for Sumner on Wednesday on receipt of the news of the death.
Mr. Wilson leaves surviving, besides his wife, two sons, four daughters and a brother, the latter a resident of Rockford, Ill.
The children are Mrs. Henry Stark of Kingston, Mrs. Gdenn (sic) Jackson of Minneapolis, eGorge (sic), Agnes, Leslie and Margery of Sumner. The brother is Bert Wilson.
The funeral services were held at Sumner this Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The remains will arrive here on Saturday morning, and be interred in the family lot in Mayfield cemetery.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frank L Wilson household, in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T623)
1900.
Name:Vista L Wilson [I read Vesta L Wilson]
[Vesta C Wilson]
Age:10
Birth Date:May 1890
Birthplace:Illinois
Home in 1900:Mayfield, DeKalb, Illinois
[De Kalb]
Race:White
Gender:Female
Relation to Head of House:Daughter
Marital Status:Single
Father's Name:Frank L Wilson
Father's Birthplace:New York
Mother's Name:Vesla I Wilson
Mother's Birthplace:Illinois
Occupation:View on Image
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Frank L Wilson 40
Vesla I Wilson 35
Mary M Wilson 15
Vista L Wilson 10
George R Wilson 4
Agnes J Wilson 1
Frank R Rickard 16
George Hurst 27
John Swanick 30
- ↑ Rites are Today For Mrs. Mae Stark, 73, of Kingston, in Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, United States. True Republican. (Sycamore, DeKalb County, Ill.)
Page 4, 8 4 1958.
Considering the incorrect spelling of her first name, the reference to her surname being Johnson may also be incorrect.
Mrs. Mae W. Stark, 73, of Kingston, died at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at the Sycamore Hospital, where she had been a patient for one week.
Mae Wilson, daughter of Frank and Vesta Renwick Wilson, was born in Iowa, July 21, 188, and moved to Illinois with her parents at the age of six. She was a resident of the Kingston community since 1890. She was married to Henry Stark of Kingston, December 30, 1903, in Sycamore, and they farmed in this vicinity until 1941 when they moved to the village of Kingston.
She was a member and past matron of the Kisbwaukee Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors are her husband; three sons, Edgar of Sycamore, Henry, Jr., of Rockford and Harman of rural Kingston; five daughters. Mrs. Jeff (Aileen) Webber of rural Kngston, Mrs, Stanley (Carolyn) Young, San Fer- nanda, Calif., Mrs. Evar (Betty) Arneson of Kingston, Mrs. Gus (Eleanor) Christ of Lowell, Mass., Mrs. Arthur (Margaret) Metz of Richmond; two brothers, George Wilson of Sumner, Iowa, and Leslie Wilson of Seattte, Wash.; three sisters, Mrs. Besta Johnson of Bethesda, Maryland, Mrs. Agnes McDonaId of Hamilton, Mont., and Dr. Majone Wilson of Minneapolis, Minn.; !4 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Stark was preceded in death by her parents, one son in infancy, another son, Bert, in 1940 and one brother.
The funeral is 2 p.m. today, at the Cooper funeral home in Genoa with Rev. Tolbert Dill of the Kingston Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be at the Kingston Cemetery.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Glenn E Jackson househol, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T625)
7 Apr 1920.
Name: Vesta Jackson
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1920: Minneapolis Ward 3, Hennepin, Minnesota
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Glenn E Jackson
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Glenn E Jackson 30
Vesta Jackson 29
Eleanor Jackson 3
Betty Jackson 2
Agnes Wilson 20
Myrtle Hultquist 22
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Genn E Jackson household, in Monroe, New York, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
24 Apr 1930.
Name: Vesta Jackson
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: White
Home in 1930: Rochester, Monroe, New York
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Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Genn E Jackson
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Household Members:
Name Age
Genn E Jackson 40
Vesta Jackson 39
<living> Jackson 18
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<living> Jackson 11
<living> Jackson 9
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