Date of birth: 20 Dec 1890 Indiana
Date of death: 28 Oct 1960 Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
Source: Franklin Evening Star, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, October 29, 1960
Tressie E. Wirey Rites Announced
EDINBURG Š Mrs. Tressie E. Wirey, widow of the late
Orphia Wirey of Edinburg, died at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Paul Gillespie in Fort Wayne at 11:45 a.m. Friday
following a long illness.
The Rev. William Schuermann will conduct funeral
rites in the Edinburg Christian Chruch at 2 p.m. Monday
and burial will be made in Rest Haven Cemetery. Friends
may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. Saturday and
after 2 p.m. Sunday. The body will be taken to the church
at 1 p.m. Monday.
Mrs. Wirey was born on Dec. 20, 1890, the daughter of
Moses and Laura Mitchell Compton. In 1911 she married
Orphia Wirey who died in 1955. She was a member of the
Edinburg Christian Church, Eastern Star lodge, Christian
WomenÕs Fellowship and Home Economics club.
Mrs. Wirey leaves two daughters, Mrs. Paul Gillespie of
Fort Wayne and Mrs. David McNeal of Flint, Mich.; three
sisters, Mrs. Denzil Clark, Mrs. Catherine Wertz of Edinburg
and Mrs. Martin Holdcroft of Franklin; two brothers, Earl
Compton of Columbus, Ohio and Ralph Compton of Acton,
Ind.; and six grandchildren.
Submitted by Mark E. Wirey