Date of birth: 17 Sep 1878 Brown County, Indiana
Date of death: 25 Feb 1967 Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Source: Franklin Daily Journal, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, February 27, 1967
Mrs. Sadie E. Wirey
dies at Co. hospital
FRANKLIN Ð Mrs. Sadie
Elizabeth Wirey, 88,
died at 10 a.m. Satur-
day in the Johnson
County Hospital. She
had been in failing
health for one month
and seriously ill for
48 hours.
The funeral
service will be
conducted at 2 p.m.
Tuesday from the Van-
divier-Parsley Funeral
Home. Friends may
call at any time.
Officiating for the
services will be the
Rev. William Valentine
of Grace Methodist
Church, assisted by Dr.
Robert Baldridge of
Lawrence. Burial
will be in Rest Haven
Cemetery at Edinburg.
Mrs. Wirey was
born September 17, 1878
in Brown County, the
daughter of Matthew and
Rebecca Ann Poe Coy.
She was the last member
of her family that
consisted of one girl
and six boys. Her
education was received
in Brown County schools.
On February 12,
1898, she was married
at Nashville, Ind., to
L.A. Wirey who survives.
For the last 20 years
they had lived in Shelby
County, but prior to that
time had lived in Johnson
County for 50 years.
Mrs. Wirey was a
member of Grace Methodist
Church and was very active
in all church affairs as
long as her health permitted.
Surviving with the
husband are three sons: Rev.
Carl O. Wirey of Auburn,
Ind.; Wayne A. Wirey of
New Albany; Dallas O. Wirey
of Franklin; one daughter,
Mrs. Herbert Sophia Beaman
of Franklin; five grand-
children and 9 great-
grandchildren. An infant
daughter, Alta Marie preceded
her in death.
Source: Franklin Evening, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, February 27, 1967
SADIE WIREY RITES
TO BE HELD TUESDAY
Funeral services for
Mrs. Sadie Elizabeth Wirey
will be conducted Tuesday
at 2 p.m. in the Vandivier
Parsley Funeral Home with
the Rev. William Valentine,
of the Grace Methodist Church,
assisted by Dr. Robert
Baldridge, of Lawrence,
in charge of the service.
Burial will be at Rest
Haven Cemetery.
Friends may call
anytime at the funeral home.
Died Saturday
Mrs. Wirey died
Saturday morning at the
Johnson County Memorial
Hospital where she had
been seriously ill for 4
8 hours. She had been ill
for a month.
Born Sept. 17, 1878,
in Brown County, she was
the daughter of Matthew
and Rebecca Ann Poe Coy.
She married L. A.
Wirey Feb. 12, 1898 in
Nashville.
Mrs. Wirey had lived
in Johnson County for 50
years and had resided in
Shelby County for the past
20 years.
She was a member of
the Grace Methodist Church,
and was active in many church
activities.
Mrs. Wirey is survived by her
husband; three sons, the Rev.
Carl O. Wirey, of Auburn;
Wayne A. Wirey, of New Albany;
Dallas O. Wirey, of Franklin;
one daughter, Mrs. Herbert
(Sophia) Beaman, of Franklin;
five grandchildren and 9
great-grandchildren.
Six brothers, and a
daughter, Alta Marie, preceded
her in death.
Submitted by Mark Wirey
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