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Irvin Blaine Wilt

Male 1879 - 1957  (78 years)


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  • Name Irvin Blaine Wilt 
    Born 4 Aug 1879  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 Nov 1957  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1724  Rossville
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2019 

    Father Daniel Wilt,   b. 1 Oct 1834, Harrisburg, York County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1924, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Melinda Jane Kern Wilt,   b. 28 Sep 1839, Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1918  (Age 78 years) 
    Married Dec 1860  Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2534  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Swearingen Wilt,   b. 18 Oct 1879, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1967, Howard, Elk County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Clara Wilt Flory,   b. Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1982, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Roy R Wilt,   b. 5 Mar 1910, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1983, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +3. Earl Blaine Wilt,   b. 29 Oct 1913, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1973, Newton, Harvey County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2016 11:41:42 
    Family ID F28  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Wilt, Irvin 1
    Obituary- Wilt, Irvin 1
    Card of Thanks
    Card of Thanks--We wish to thank our neighbors and friends for the many floral offerings, cards of sympathy, and kind deeds during our recent bereavement. The thoughtfulness of our friends was greatly appreciated.
    The Wilt family

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    Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cottle and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Blanchard of Topeka were in Rossville Sunday afternoon fort the Wilt funeral. Joe and Mr. Wilt were Railroad buddies for a number of years.

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    Irvin B. Wilt
    Irvin B. Wilt, 78, died Thursday at his home in Rossville. He was born August 4, 1879, at Rossville and was a retired Union Pacific steamfitter. he was a member of the Rossville Presbyterian Church and the Rossville Masonic Lodge.

    He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Wilt, of the home; two sons, Roy Wilt, Rossville, and Earl Wilt, Concordia; a daughter, Mrs. Clara Flora, Wichita; a sister, Mrs. Fannie Reser, Topeka, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Rossville Presbyterian Church with burial in Rossville Cemetery. Hurley Funeral Home of Rossville is in charge of arrangements.
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    LEGAL
    (First published in the Rossville Reporter May 15, 1958)
    In the Probate Court of Shawnee County, Kansas
    In the Matter of the Estate of Irvin B. Wilt, Deceased
    No. 23450
    Notice of Appointment of Executrix
    To the creditors, heirs, devisees, and legatees of Irvin B. Wilt, deceased, and all others concerned:
    You and each of you will take notice that on the 13th day of May 1958, Anna Wilt was appointed executrix of the will of Irvin B. Wilt, deceased, and duly qualified as such executrix and letters testamentary were issued to her on the 14th day of May, 1958, by the Probate Court of Shawnee County, Kansas.

    All parties interested in said estate will take notice and govern themselves accordingly. All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the said estate within nine months from the date of the first publication of this notice as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited they shall be forever barred.
    Anna Wilt,
    Executrix of the will of Irvin B. Wilt, deceased
    J.A. Babicki
    Attorney for Executrix
    Obituary- Wilt, Irvin 2
    Obituary- Wilt, Irvin 2
    IRVIN BLAINE WILT
    Irvin B. Wilt was born August 4, 1879, at Rossville, Kansas, and died at his home here November 7, 1957, at the age of 78 years.

    The son of Daniel and Melinda Wilt, he was the youngest of nine children. Of the family, Mrs. Fannie Reser, of Topeka is the only surviving member.

    He was married October 8, 1902, to 4nna Swearingen of Rossville at Kansas City. To this union three children were born. They are Clara Flory of Wichita, Roy R. Wilt of Rossville, and Earl B. Wilt of Concordia. Eight grandchildren also survive.

    Mr. Wilt conducted a plumbing and heating shop in Rossville in his early business life. In 1923 he went to work in the Water Service Department of the Union Pacific Railroad. He took his retirement from the railroad April 9, 1951.

    He was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Masonic Lodge of Rossville.

    Funeral services were at 2:30 pm Sunday at the Rossville Presbyterian Church with burial in Rossville Cemetery. Hurley Funeral Home of Rossville was in charge of arrangements.