WRIGHT Family Obituaries
Submitted by: Lisa Owens
Journal©Gazette Saturday Febuary 29, 1936
WRIGHT, William, 82, a retired employee of the city street department, died suddenly of a heart attack at 11 o'clock Friday morning at his home at 2026 Reidmiller Avenue. He had gone for a walk earlier in the morning. Shortly after his return home he fell dead. Born at St. Elmo, Ill., he had resided here since 1908. Survivors include the widow Mary; four sons, Solomon P., James H., D.C. and E.T. WRIGHT, all of this city; two daughters, Mrs Jane WISE of this city and Mrs Lydia CHEVIRON of Decatur Ill., 18 grandchildren and three great©grandchildren. The body was removed to Mungovan & Sons mortuary. Note©Buried at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
Submitted by: Lisa Owens
Journal©Gazette Friday June 7, 1946
Wright, Mary Ellen, 78, of 343 East Lewis Street, died at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Methodist Hospital following an attack of apoplexy. Born at St. Elmo, Ill., she had lived here 39 years and was a member of the Methodist Church. Her husband, William H., died in 1936. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs Jane Wise, of Fort Wayne, and Mrs Lydia Cheviron of Decatur, Ill.; three sons, James H., Dewey and Evan all of this city; a half sister, Mrs Martha Simmons, St. Elmo, Ill.; 19 grandchildren, including John Perry Wright, whom she reared, and 16 great©grandchildren. The body was removed to the Tom Mungovan Funeral Home where friends may call after 7 p.m. Saturday. Funeral services will he annouced later.
NOTE©Mary Ellen Wright is the daughter of Levi AMMERMAN and Nancy Jane Mills per Funeral Home Records and various other records. Buried at the Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
Submitted by: Lisa Owens
Journal©Gazette Tuesday Febuary 13, 1945
WRIGHT, Solomon P., Funeral services for Solomon P. Wright, 55,
343 East Lewis Street, who died at 9:13 a.m. Monday at his residence following
an illness of six months, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
Mungovan & Sons Mortuary with the Rev. Charles Smith officiating. Interment
will be in Lindenwood Cemetery. Mr Wright was a machine operator at the
Zollner Machine Works. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, the
VFW and was a zone warden of the Fort Wayne Civilian Defense Council. He
was a veteran of World War 1. Survivors include his wife, Clara, two sons,
John P. and Harry N., Fort Wayne; three brothers, Henry, Dewey and Evan,
all of Fort Wayne; two sisters, Mrs Lydia Cheviron, Decatur, Ill.,
and Mrs Jane Wise, Fort Wayne, and seven grandchildren.
NOTE©Solomon was born in St. Elmo, Fayette county, Illinois
on Oct. 1, 1889 per 1)Funeral Home Records 2)Certified copy of marriage
license for marriage to Agnes Lauer on June 8, 1911 in Fort Wayne, Allen
county, Indiana. Agnes Lauer Wright died May 13, 1914 in Fort Wayne, Allen
county, Indiana. Solomon Perry Wright was buried at the Lindenwood Cemetery
in Fort Wayne, Allen county, Indiana
