Traer Star Clipper, Friday, July 3rd, 1970 – page 1
Mrs. Martha Wilson, 84, of Traer died suddenly in Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo about 4 a. m. Saturday, June 27, of a heart condition and complications. She had entered the hospital two days before for examination. She had been active up to the day of going to the hospital and had visited in the homes of neighbors a day or two before. She was the widow of Jasper Wilson, the fourth son of "Tama Jim " Wilson, first U.S. secretary of agriculture in the cabinets of Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Her husband died March 19, 1949. Mrs. Wilson was born July 22 1885, in Traer, the eldest child of Ernest and Henrietta Gehl. Her parents were natives of Germany. Mr. Gehl came to the United States as a boy with his parents and his family in early days, and settled on a farm in Oneida township, Tama county. The son, Ernest, and wife came to Traer in 1887 after buying a half interest in a general merchandise store with T. J. McGinnis. The Gehl & McGinnis partnership continued until 1900 when Mr. Gehl sold to Mr. McGinnis, and later started his own grocery business in Traer.
The daughter, Martha, was graduated from Traer high school in 1903. She married Jasper Wilson October 20, 1915. For ten years the couple lived in Washington, D. C., while Mr. Wilson served as a secretary in the U. S. department of agriculture headed by his father, "Tama Jim " Wilson, during which he traveled much and met with many of the great and near great men of that time. On returning to Iowa the couple farmed near Traer many years until Mr. Wilson, who was seriously afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis, was compelled to retire. He died in Traer in 1949. The Wilsons were the parents of two sons, Gehl Edward and Russell Wilson, who have farmed near Dysart many years, and of two daughters, Mrs. Janette Lehninger and Mrs. Jean Clinnin, both of Baltimore, Md. Janette is the wife of Dr. Albert L. Lehninger, who is head of the research department of Johns Hopkins university of Baltimore. Jean is the widow of Walter Clinnin Jr. Mr. Clinnin, a U. S. Air Force bomber pilot, was killed in action during the war in Korea in 1952. She has been a highly rated teacher in Baltimore high school since his death. Mrs. Wilson also leaves nine grandsons and three granddaughters, and two great grandchildren.
Mrs. Wilson was a member of Ripley United Church of Christ, of its Women's Fellowship, and of Alpha club of Traer, members of which attended the services in a group. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p. m. Monday in the church, conducted by the Rev. Robert Opperman, pastor. Ruth Thomas was at the organ. Eight of Mrs. Wilson's nine grandsons served as pallbearers— James Lehninger, David and John Clinnin, John, Larry, Dennis, William and Richard Wilson. Genevieve Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Taylor, hear neighbors of Mrs. Wilson, were in charge of flowers. Interment was in Buckingham cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson had spent the winter at Coral Gables, Florida, with her brother, Harry Gehl, and with her daughters, Mrs. Lehninger and Mrs. Clinnin, in Baltimore, Maryland. The brother, Dr. and Mrs. Lehninger, Mrs. Clinnin and most of the grandchildren were here for the funeral services, and the daughters remained a few days this week to look after business matters of Mrs. Wilson. Harry Gehl left by plane from Waterloo for Leesburg, Virginia, where he has a financial interest in a business dealing in antiques. Mrs. Wilson's only sister, Mrs. Minnie Gehl Powers, who grew up in Traer, died several years ago in Florida.
Mrs. Martha Wilson, 84, of Traer died suddenly in Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo about 4 a. m. Saturday, June 27, of a heart condition and complications. She had entered the hospital two days before for examination. She had been active up to the day of going to the hospital and had visited in the homes of neighbors a day or two before. She was the widow of Jasper Wilson, the fourth son of "Tama Jim " Wilson, first U.S. secretary of agriculture in the cabinets of Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Her husband died March 19, 1949. Mrs. Wilson was born July 22 1885, in Traer, the eldest child of Ernest and Henrietta Gehl. Her parents were natives of Germany. Mr. Gehl came to the United States as a boy with his parents and his family in early days, and settled on a farm in Oneida township, Tama county. The son, Ernest, and wife came to Traer in 1887 after buying a half interest in a general merchandise store with T. J. McGinnis. The Gehl & McGinnis partnership continued until 1900 when Mr. Gehl sold to Mr. McGinnis, and later started his own grocery business in Traer.
The daughter, Martha, was graduated from Traer high school in 1903. She married Jasper Wilson October 20, 1915. For ten years the couple lived in Washington, D. C., while Mr. Wilson served as a secretary in the U. S. department of agriculture headed by his father, "Tama Jim " Wilson, during which he traveled much and met with many of the great and near great men of that time. On returning to Iowa the couple farmed near Traer many years until Mr. Wilson, who was seriously afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis, was compelled to retire. He died in Traer in 1949. The Wilsons were the parents of two sons, Gehl Edward and Russell Wilson, who have farmed near Dysart many years, and of two daughters, Mrs. Janette Lehninger and Mrs. Jean Clinnin, both of Baltimore, Md. Janette is the wife of Dr. Albert L. Lehninger, who is head of the research department of Johns Hopkins university of Baltimore. Jean is the widow of Walter Clinnin Jr. Mr. Clinnin, a U. S. Air Force bomber pilot, was killed in action during the war in Korea in 1952. She has been a highly rated teacher in Baltimore high school since his death. Mrs. Wilson also leaves nine grandsons and three granddaughters, and two great grandchildren.
Mrs. Wilson was a member of Ripley United Church of Christ, of its Women's Fellowship, and of Alpha club of Traer, members of which attended the services in a group. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p. m. Monday in the church, conducted by the Rev. Robert Opperman, pastor. Ruth Thomas was at the organ. Eight of Mrs. Wilson's nine grandsons served as pallbearers— James Lehninger, David and John Clinnin, John, Larry, Dennis, William and Richard Wilson. Genevieve Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Taylor, hear neighbors of Mrs. Wilson, were in charge of flowers. Interment was in Buckingham cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson had spent the winter at Coral Gables, Florida, with her brother, Harry Gehl, and with her daughters, Mrs. Lehninger and Mrs. Clinnin, in Baltimore, Maryland. The brother, Dr. and Mrs. Lehninger, Mrs. Clinnin and most of the grandchildren were here for the funeral services, and the daughters remained a few days this week to look after business matters of Mrs. Wilson. Harry Gehl left by plane from Waterloo for Leesburg, Virginia, where he has a financial interest in a business dealing in antiques. Mrs. Wilson's only sister, Mrs. Minnie Gehl Powers, who grew up in Traer, died several years ago in Florida.
Traer Star Clipper, Friday, July 3rd, 1970 – page 1
Mrs. Martha Wilson, 84, of Traer died suddenly in Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo about 4 a. m. Saturday, June 27, of a heart condition and complications. She had entered the hospital two days before for examination. She had been active up to the day of going to the hospital and had visited in the homes of neighbors a day or two before. She was the widow of Jasper Wilson, the fourth son of "Tama Jim " Wilson, first U.S. secretary of agriculture in the cabinets of Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Her husband died March 19, 1949. Mrs. Wilson was born July 22 1885, in Traer, the eldest child of Ernest and Henrietta Gehl. Her parents were natives of Germany. Mr. Gehl came to the United States as a boy with his parents and his family in early days, and settled on a farm in Oneida township, Tama county. The son, Ernest, and wife came to Traer in 1887 after buying a half interest in a general merchandise store with T. J. McGinnis. The Gehl & McGinnis partnership continued until 1900 when Mr. Gehl sold to Mr. McGinnis, and later started his own grocery business in Traer.
The daughter, Martha, was graduated from Traer high school in 1903. She married Jasper Wilson October 20, 1915. For ten years the couple lived in Washington, D. C., while Mr. Wilson served as a secretary in the U. S. department of agriculture headed by his father, "Tama Jim " Wilson, during which he traveled much and met with many of the great and near great men of that time. On returning to Iowa the couple farmed near Traer many years until Mr. Wilson, who was seriously afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis, was compelled to retire. He died in Traer in 1949. The Wilsons were the parents of two sons, Gehl Edward and Russell Wilson, who have farmed near Dysart many years, and of two daughters, Mrs. Janette Lehninger and Mrs. Jean Clinnin, both of Baltimore, Md. Janette is the wife of Dr. Albert L. Lehninger, who is head of the research department of Johns Hopkins university of Baltimore. Jean is the widow of Walter Clinnin Jr. Mr. Clinnin, a U. S. Air Force bomber pilot, was killed in action during the war in Korea in 1952. She has been a highly rated teacher in Baltimore high school since his death. Mrs. Wilson also leaves nine grandsons and three granddaughters, and two great grandchildren.
Mrs. Wilson was a member of Ripley United Church of Christ, of its Women's Fellowship, and of Alpha club of Traer, members of which attended the services in a group. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p. m. Monday in the church, conducted by the Rev. Robert Opperman, pastor. Ruth Thomas was at the organ. Eight of Mrs. Wilson's nine grandsons served as pallbearers— James Lehninger, David and John Clinnin, John, Larry, Dennis, William and Richard Wilson. Genevieve Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Taylor, hear neighbors of Mrs. Wilson, were in charge of flowers. Interment was in Buckingham cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson had spent the winter at Coral Gables, Florida, with her brother, Harry Gehl, and with her daughters, Mrs. Lehninger and Mrs. Clinnin, in Baltimore, Maryland. The brother, Dr. and Mrs. Lehninger, Mrs. Clinnin and most of the grandchildren were here for the funeral services, and the daughters remained a few days this week to look after business matters of Mrs. Wilson. Harry Gehl left by plane from Waterloo for Leesburg, Virginia, where he has a financial interest in a business dealing in antiques. Mrs. Wilson's only sister, Mrs. Minnie Gehl Powers, who grew up in Traer, died several years ago in Florida.
Mrs. Martha Wilson, 84, of Traer died suddenly in Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo about 4 a. m. Saturday, June 27, of a heart condition and complications. She had entered the hospital two days before for examination. She had been active up to the day of going to the hospital and had visited in the homes of neighbors a day or two before. She was the widow of Jasper Wilson, the fourth son of "Tama Jim " Wilson, first U.S. secretary of agriculture in the cabinets of Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Her husband died March 19, 1949. Mrs. Wilson was born July 22 1885, in Traer, the eldest child of Ernest and Henrietta Gehl. Her parents were natives of Germany. Mr. Gehl came to the United States as a boy with his parents and his family in early days, and settled on a farm in Oneida township, Tama county. The son, Ernest, and wife came to Traer in 1887 after buying a half interest in a general merchandise store with T. J. McGinnis. The Gehl & McGinnis partnership continued until 1900 when Mr. Gehl sold to Mr. McGinnis, and later started his own grocery business in Traer.
The daughter, Martha, was graduated from Traer high school in 1903. She married Jasper Wilson October 20, 1915. For ten years the couple lived in Washington, D. C., while Mr. Wilson served as a secretary in the U. S. department of agriculture headed by his father, "Tama Jim " Wilson, during which he traveled much and met with many of the great and near great men of that time. On returning to Iowa the couple farmed near Traer many years until Mr. Wilson, who was seriously afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis, was compelled to retire. He died in Traer in 1949. The Wilsons were the parents of two sons, Gehl Edward and Russell Wilson, who have farmed near Dysart many years, and of two daughters, Mrs. Janette Lehninger and Mrs. Jean Clinnin, both of Baltimore, Md. Janette is the wife of Dr. Albert L. Lehninger, who is head of the research department of Johns Hopkins university of Baltimore. Jean is the widow of Walter Clinnin Jr. Mr. Clinnin, a U. S. Air Force bomber pilot, was killed in action during the war in Korea in 1952. She has been a highly rated teacher in Baltimore high school since his death. Mrs. Wilson also leaves nine grandsons and three granddaughters, and two great grandchildren.
Mrs. Wilson was a member of Ripley United Church of Christ, of its Women's Fellowship, and of Alpha club of Traer, members of which attended the services in a group. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p. m. Monday in the church, conducted by the Rev. Robert Opperman, pastor. Ruth Thomas was at the organ. Eight of Mrs. Wilson's nine grandsons served as pallbearers— James Lehninger, David and John Clinnin, John, Larry, Dennis, William and Richard Wilson. Genevieve Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Taylor, hear neighbors of Mrs. Wilson, were in charge of flowers. Interment was in Buckingham cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson had spent the winter at Coral Gables, Florida, with her brother, Harry Gehl, and with her daughters, Mrs. Lehninger and Mrs. Clinnin, in Baltimore, Maryland. The brother, Dr. and Mrs. Lehninger, Mrs. Clinnin and most of the grandchildren were here for the funeral services, and the daughters remained a few days this week to look after business matters of Mrs. Wilson. Harry Gehl left by plane from Waterloo for Leesburg, Virginia, where he has a financial interest in a business dealing in antiques. Mrs. Wilson's only sister, Mrs. Minnie Gehl Powers, who grew up in Traer, died several years ago in Florida.
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