Wilbur H Watters
Male White
Veteran: No
Residence: Mt Pleasant MI
Father: Samuel H Watters
Mother: Mary Martin
Place of Death: Mt Pleasant MI
Cause of Death: Acute Septic-pericarditis
Date of Death: 3/28/1935
Age: 44
Sexton: L S Dart
Funeral Home: R B Stinson
Marker: Yes
Date of Burial: 3/31/1935
Place of Birth:
Occupation: Rig Builder
Source: online Riverside Cemetery Burial Records T-Z, pg 230, 3-15-2012
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Tombstone photo is from the Riverside Cemetery website. Copyright permission was received from the Clerk's office of the City of Mt. Pleasant.
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Death Takes Michigan Rig-Builder Wilbur H. Watters
Wilbur H. Watters, 44, well-known rig builder, died at the General Hospital in Mt. Pleasant MI, Thursday afternoon following an attack of peritonitis. Born Aug. 3, 1890, in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, on a farm which has been the home of the Watters family for five generations, having been purchased from William Penn, Mr. Watters came to Michigan six years ago when the oil fields opened. The majority of the rigs in the Central Michigan field were built by Mr. Watters and his crew. In the first two years of the industry here he employed between 35 and 40 men. At the time of his death he gave employment to fifteen. When he was 18 years of age he left the farm to work for a rig builder in Pennsylvania. Since that time he worked on rigs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Oklahoma, before coming to Michigan, one of the largest rigs in Pennsylvania being credited to him. During the past few years he had turned down opportunities to follow his trade in the foreign oil fields. Although Mr. Watters had been in poor health all winter, he continued working in the field as late as Friday and was not seriously ill until Sunday. Tuesday he was taken to the hospital where he died two days later. Funeral services were conducted by the Wabon Lodge of the F. and A.M. from the late residence, and burial was in Riverside Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant MI. Besides his wife, Mary Hope Watters, he is survived by 3 sons, Donald, Billy and Robert; one daughter Ruth Ann; his mother, Mrs. Mary Watters, of Oakdale, Pa., 5 brothers, Walter Howard (his twin) of Mt. Pleasant MI; Charles, Samuel, Lester, and Martin of Oakdale PA; three sisters, Mrs. Cora Bock, of Oakdale PA, Mrs. Jane Manson of Addison NY, and Mrs. Charles Brown, of Crafton PA. Mrs. Wilbur H. Watters late this week announced that she would carry on her husband's business. She will be assisted by her brother-in-law, Howard Watters, who has been actively associated with the late Wilbur H. Watters in the field here. Mrs. Watters wants to express her appreciation of the patronage extended to her husband by the various companies and contractors during his life, and hopes to be able to merit their continued confidence and patronage in the future. Mrs. Watters will take over the business management, while the active field work will be under the direction of Howard Watters.
Source: Michigan Oil & Gas News, 04 Apr 1935, pg 2
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The leading occurance of local interest this week took place in a distant city, in the death of Wilbur F. Watters at Mt. Pleasant MI. This supplementary notice will correct some inaccuracies in notices on inside of this paper, for which we apologize. The Watters, almost Oakdale's oldest family, three generations born and raised in the same spot on Oakdale's South Hill, and the death this last week was the first break in the present large family, except the father three years ago. Those surviving are the mother, and the six brothers, known to us all; the sisters, Mrs. Jane Manson of Addison NY, Mrs. Cora Bock of Oakdale PA, and Mrs. Agnes Brown of Crafton PA. The widow, who was Miss Mary Hope of Oakdale PA, with her children Donald, William, [this is Wilbur Jr.], Bobby, and Ruth Ann will remain in Mt. Pleasant in the conduct of the large contracting business of deceased with the aid of his brother Howard. The funeral services at the home in Mt. Pleasant MI were conducted by the Rev. McKenzie, Pastor of Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church, and by the Deputy Masonic Grand Master of Michigan at the grave. Sixteen automobiles conveyed the Masons in a body from the home to the cemetery. The floral offerings were overwhelming, over seventy in number were banked and overhung every available inch of the house. Only about half were taken to the cemetery, the rest distributed to hospitals. Among them were beautiful tokens from the Oakdale Masonic Lodge, and from other friends and neighbors here.
Source: The Oakdale Times, week of April 4, 1935, vol. 40, No. 17, pg 1
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Wilbur Watters - Wilbur F. Watters died at his home at Mt. Pleasant MI, on March 28, 1935, of pneumonia from influenza. The deceased was born and raised in this Oakdale PA section, and was well known to all. He was 45 years old, and is survived by his widow and four children, his mother, five brothers and three sisters. His mother, brothers and sisters are residents in Oakdale PA, and attended the funeral services at the Michigan home, which was held on Sunday afternoon, 31st. Mr. Watters was very successful in his occupation as contractor and rig-builder, and had worked in all the oil fields. He had gone to Michigan oil fields some six or seven years ago. His father, the late S. H. Watters, died in Oakdale PA, a few years ago, and excepting this, the large family circle remained unbroken until the death last week.
Source: The Oakdale Times, week of April 4, 1935, vol. 40, No. 17, pg 3
A special Thank You to FAG contributor Kelly for emailing me the obituaries.
Male White
Veteran: No
Residence: Mt Pleasant MI
Father: Samuel H Watters
Mother: Mary Martin
Place of Death: Mt Pleasant MI
Cause of Death: Acute Septic-pericarditis
Date of Death: 3/28/1935
Age: 44
Sexton: L S Dart
Funeral Home: R B Stinson
Marker: Yes
Date of Burial: 3/31/1935
Place of Birth:
Occupation: Rig Builder
Source: online Riverside Cemetery Burial Records T-Z, pg 230, 3-15-2012
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Tombstone photo is from the Riverside Cemetery website. Copyright permission was received from the Clerk's office of the City of Mt. Pleasant.
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Death Takes Michigan Rig-Builder Wilbur H. Watters
Wilbur H. Watters, 44, well-known rig builder, died at the General Hospital in Mt. Pleasant MI, Thursday afternoon following an attack of peritonitis. Born Aug. 3, 1890, in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, on a farm which has been the home of the Watters family for five generations, having been purchased from William Penn, Mr. Watters came to Michigan six years ago when the oil fields opened. The majority of the rigs in the Central Michigan field were built by Mr. Watters and his crew. In the first two years of the industry here he employed between 35 and 40 men. At the time of his death he gave employment to fifteen. When he was 18 years of age he left the farm to work for a rig builder in Pennsylvania. Since that time he worked on rigs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Oklahoma, before coming to Michigan, one of the largest rigs in Pennsylvania being credited to him. During the past few years he had turned down opportunities to follow his trade in the foreign oil fields. Although Mr. Watters had been in poor health all winter, he continued working in the field as late as Friday and was not seriously ill until Sunday. Tuesday he was taken to the hospital where he died two days later. Funeral services were conducted by the Wabon Lodge of the F. and A.M. from the late residence, and burial was in Riverside Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant MI. Besides his wife, Mary Hope Watters, he is survived by 3 sons, Donald, Billy and Robert; one daughter Ruth Ann; his mother, Mrs. Mary Watters, of Oakdale, Pa., 5 brothers, Walter Howard (his twin) of Mt. Pleasant MI; Charles, Samuel, Lester, and Martin of Oakdale PA; three sisters, Mrs. Cora Bock, of Oakdale PA, Mrs. Jane Manson of Addison NY, and Mrs. Charles Brown, of Crafton PA. Mrs. Wilbur H. Watters late this week announced that she would carry on her husband's business. She will be assisted by her brother-in-law, Howard Watters, who has been actively associated with the late Wilbur H. Watters in the field here. Mrs. Watters wants to express her appreciation of the patronage extended to her husband by the various companies and contractors during his life, and hopes to be able to merit their continued confidence and patronage in the future. Mrs. Watters will take over the business management, while the active field work will be under the direction of Howard Watters.
Source: Michigan Oil & Gas News, 04 Apr 1935, pg 2
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The leading occurance of local interest this week took place in a distant city, in the death of Wilbur F. Watters at Mt. Pleasant MI. This supplementary notice will correct some inaccuracies in notices on inside of this paper, for which we apologize. The Watters, almost Oakdale's oldest family, three generations born and raised in the same spot on Oakdale's South Hill, and the death this last week was the first break in the present large family, except the father three years ago. Those surviving are the mother, and the six brothers, known to us all; the sisters, Mrs. Jane Manson of Addison NY, Mrs. Cora Bock of Oakdale PA, and Mrs. Agnes Brown of Crafton PA. The widow, who was Miss Mary Hope of Oakdale PA, with her children Donald, William, [this is Wilbur Jr.], Bobby, and Ruth Ann will remain in Mt. Pleasant in the conduct of the large contracting business of deceased with the aid of his brother Howard. The funeral services at the home in Mt. Pleasant MI were conducted by the Rev. McKenzie, Pastor of Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church, and by the Deputy Masonic Grand Master of Michigan at the grave. Sixteen automobiles conveyed the Masons in a body from the home to the cemetery. The floral offerings were overwhelming, over seventy in number were banked and overhung every available inch of the house. Only about half were taken to the cemetery, the rest distributed to hospitals. Among them were beautiful tokens from the Oakdale Masonic Lodge, and from other friends and neighbors here.
Source: The Oakdale Times, week of April 4, 1935, vol. 40, No. 17, pg 1
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Wilbur Watters - Wilbur F. Watters died at his home at Mt. Pleasant MI, on March 28, 1935, of pneumonia from influenza. The deceased was born and raised in this Oakdale PA section, and was well known to all. He was 45 years old, and is survived by his widow and four children, his mother, five brothers and three sisters. His mother, brothers and sisters are residents in Oakdale PA, and attended the funeral services at the Michigan home, which was held on Sunday afternoon, 31st. Mr. Watters was very successful in his occupation as contractor and rig-builder, and had worked in all the oil fields. He had gone to Michigan oil fields some six or seven years ago. His father, the late S. H. Watters, died in Oakdale PA, a few years ago, and excepting this, the large family circle remained unbroken until the death last week.
Source: The Oakdale Times, week of April 4, 1935, vol. 40, No. 17, pg 3
A special Thank You to FAG contributor Kelly for emailing me the obituaries.
Wilbur H Watters
Male White
Veteran: No
Residence: Mt Pleasant MI
Father: Samuel H Watters
Mother: Mary Martin
Place of Death: Mt Pleasant MI
Cause of Death: Acute Septic-pericarditis
Date of Death: 3/28/1935
Age: 44
Sexton: L S Dart
Funeral Home: R B Stinson
Marker: Yes
Date of Burial: 3/31/1935
Place of Birth:
Occupation: Rig Builder
Source: online Riverside Cemetery Burial Records T-Z, pg 230, 3-15-2012
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Tombstone photo is from the Riverside Cemetery website. Copyright permission was received from the Clerk's office of the City of Mt. Pleasant.
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Death Takes Michigan Rig-Builder Wilbur H. Watters
Wilbur H. Watters, 44, well-known rig builder, died at the General Hospital in Mt. Pleasant MI, Thursday afternoon following an attack of peritonitis. Born Aug. 3, 1890, in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, on a farm which has been the home of the Watters family for five generations, having been purchased from William Penn, Mr. Watters came to Michigan six years ago when the oil fields opened. The majority of the rigs in the Central Michigan field were built by Mr. Watters and his crew. In the first two years of the industry here he employed between 35 and 40 men. At the time of his death he gave employment to fifteen. When he was 18 years of age he left the farm to work for a rig builder in Pennsylvania. Since that time he worked on rigs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Oklahoma, before coming to Michigan, one of the largest rigs in Pennsylvania being credited to him. During the past few years he had turned down opportunities to follow his trade in the foreign oil fields. Although Mr. Watters had been in poor health all winter, he continued working in the field as late as Friday and was not seriously ill until Sunday. Tuesday he was taken to the hospital where he died two days later. Funeral services were conducted by the Wabon Lodge of the F. and A.M. from the late residence, and burial was in Riverside Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant MI. Besides his wife, Mary Hope Watters, he is survived by 3 sons, Donald, Billy and Robert; one daughter Ruth Ann; his mother, Mrs. Mary Watters, of Oakdale, Pa., 5 brothers, Walter Howard (his twin) of Mt. Pleasant MI; Charles, Samuel, Lester, and Martin of Oakdale PA; three sisters, Mrs. Cora Bock, of Oakdale PA, Mrs. Jane Manson of Addison NY, and Mrs. Charles Brown, of Crafton PA. Mrs. Wilbur H. Watters late this week announced that she would carry on her husband's business. She will be assisted by her brother-in-law, Howard Watters, who has been actively associated with the late Wilbur H. Watters in the field here. Mrs. Watters wants to express her appreciation of the patronage extended to her husband by the various companies and contractors during his life, and hopes to be able to merit their continued confidence and patronage in the future. Mrs. Watters will take over the business management, while the active field work will be under the direction of Howard Watters.
Source: Michigan Oil & Gas News, 04 Apr 1935, pg 2
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The leading occurance of local interest this week took place in a distant city, in the death of Wilbur F. Watters at Mt. Pleasant MI. This supplementary notice will correct some inaccuracies in notices on inside of this paper, for which we apologize. The Watters, almost Oakdale's oldest family, three generations born and raised in the same spot on Oakdale's South Hill, and the death this last week was the first break in the present large family, except the father three years ago. Those surviving are the mother, and the six brothers, known to us all; the sisters, Mrs. Jane Manson of Addison NY, Mrs. Cora Bock of Oakdale PA, and Mrs. Agnes Brown of Crafton PA. The widow, who was Miss Mary Hope of Oakdale PA, with her children Donald, William, [this is Wilbur Jr.], Bobby, and Ruth Ann will remain in Mt. Pleasant in the conduct of the large contracting business of deceased with the aid of his brother Howard. The funeral services at the home in Mt. Pleasant MI were conducted by the Rev. McKenzie, Pastor of Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church, and by the Deputy Masonic Grand Master of Michigan at the grave. Sixteen automobiles conveyed the Masons in a body from the home to the cemetery. The floral offerings were overwhelming, over seventy in number were banked and overhung every available inch of the house. Only about half were taken to the cemetery, the rest distributed to hospitals. Among them were beautiful tokens from the Oakdale Masonic Lodge, and from other friends and neighbors here.
Source: The Oakdale Times, week of April 4, 1935, vol. 40, No. 17, pg 1
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Wilbur Watters - Wilbur F. Watters died at his home at Mt. Pleasant MI, on March 28, 1935, of pneumonia from influenza. The deceased was born and raised in this Oakdale PA section, and was well known to all. He was 45 years old, and is survived by his widow and four children, his mother, five brothers and three sisters. His mother, brothers and sisters are residents in Oakdale PA, and attended the funeral services at the Michigan home, which was held on Sunday afternoon, 31st. Mr. Watters was very successful in his occupation as contractor and rig-builder, and had worked in all the oil fields. He had gone to Michigan oil fields some six or seven years ago. His father, the late S. H. Watters, died in Oakdale PA, a few years ago, and excepting this, the large family circle remained unbroken until the death last week.
Source: The Oakdale Times, week of April 4, 1935, vol. 40, No. 17, pg 3
A special Thank You to FAG contributor Kelly for emailing me the obituaries.
Male White
Veteran: No
Residence: Mt Pleasant MI
Father: Samuel H Watters
Mother: Mary Martin
Place of Death: Mt Pleasant MI
Cause of Death: Acute Septic-pericarditis
Date of Death: 3/28/1935
Age: 44
Sexton: L S Dart
Funeral Home: R B Stinson
Marker: Yes
Date of Burial: 3/31/1935
Place of Birth:
Occupation: Rig Builder
Source: online Riverside Cemetery Burial Records T-Z, pg 230, 3-15-2012
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Tombstone photo is from the Riverside Cemetery website. Copyright permission was received from the Clerk's office of the City of Mt. Pleasant.
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Death Takes Michigan Rig-Builder Wilbur H. Watters
Wilbur H. Watters, 44, well-known rig builder, died at the General Hospital in Mt. Pleasant MI, Thursday afternoon following an attack of peritonitis. Born Aug. 3, 1890, in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, on a farm which has been the home of the Watters family for five generations, having been purchased from William Penn, Mr. Watters came to Michigan six years ago when the oil fields opened. The majority of the rigs in the Central Michigan field were built by Mr. Watters and his crew. In the first two years of the industry here he employed between 35 and 40 men. At the time of his death he gave employment to fifteen. When he was 18 years of age he left the farm to work for a rig builder in Pennsylvania. Since that time he worked on rigs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Oklahoma, before coming to Michigan, one of the largest rigs in Pennsylvania being credited to him. During the past few years he had turned down opportunities to follow his trade in the foreign oil fields. Although Mr. Watters had been in poor health all winter, he continued working in the field as late as Friday and was not seriously ill until Sunday. Tuesday he was taken to the hospital where he died two days later. Funeral services were conducted by the Wabon Lodge of the F. and A.M. from the late residence, and burial was in Riverside Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant MI. Besides his wife, Mary Hope Watters, he is survived by 3 sons, Donald, Billy and Robert; one daughter Ruth Ann; his mother, Mrs. Mary Watters, of Oakdale, Pa., 5 brothers, Walter Howard (his twin) of Mt. Pleasant MI; Charles, Samuel, Lester, and Martin of Oakdale PA; three sisters, Mrs. Cora Bock, of Oakdale PA, Mrs. Jane Manson of Addison NY, and Mrs. Charles Brown, of Crafton PA. Mrs. Wilbur H. Watters late this week announced that she would carry on her husband's business. She will be assisted by her brother-in-law, Howard Watters, who has been actively associated with the late Wilbur H. Watters in the field here. Mrs. Watters wants to express her appreciation of the patronage extended to her husband by the various companies and contractors during his life, and hopes to be able to merit their continued confidence and patronage in the future. Mrs. Watters will take over the business management, while the active field work will be under the direction of Howard Watters.
Source: Michigan Oil & Gas News, 04 Apr 1935, pg 2
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The leading occurance of local interest this week took place in a distant city, in the death of Wilbur F. Watters at Mt. Pleasant MI. This supplementary notice will correct some inaccuracies in notices on inside of this paper, for which we apologize. The Watters, almost Oakdale's oldest family, three generations born and raised in the same spot on Oakdale's South Hill, and the death this last week was the first break in the present large family, except the father three years ago. Those surviving are the mother, and the six brothers, known to us all; the sisters, Mrs. Jane Manson of Addison NY, Mrs. Cora Bock of Oakdale PA, and Mrs. Agnes Brown of Crafton PA. The widow, who was Miss Mary Hope of Oakdale PA, with her children Donald, William, [this is Wilbur Jr.], Bobby, and Ruth Ann will remain in Mt. Pleasant in the conduct of the large contracting business of deceased with the aid of his brother Howard. The funeral services at the home in Mt. Pleasant MI were conducted by the Rev. McKenzie, Pastor of Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church, and by the Deputy Masonic Grand Master of Michigan at the grave. Sixteen automobiles conveyed the Masons in a body from the home to the cemetery. The floral offerings were overwhelming, over seventy in number were banked and overhung every available inch of the house. Only about half were taken to the cemetery, the rest distributed to hospitals. Among them were beautiful tokens from the Oakdale Masonic Lodge, and from other friends and neighbors here.
Source: The Oakdale Times, week of April 4, 1935, vol. 40, No. 17, pg 1
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Wilbur Watters - Wilbur F. Watters died at his home at Mt. Pleasant MI, on March 28, 1935, of pneumonia from influenza. The deceased was born and raised in this Oakdale PA section, and was well known to all. He was 45 years old, and is survived by his widow and four children, his mother, five brothers and three sisters. His mother, brothers and sisters are residents in Oakdale PA, and attended the funeral services at the Michigan home, which was held on Sunday afternoon, 31st. Mr. Watters was very successful in his occupation as contractor and rig-builder, and had worked in all the oil fields. He had gone to Michigan oil fields some six or seven years ago. His father, the late S. H. Watters, died in Oakdale PA, a few years ago, and excepting this, the large family circle remained unbroken until the death last week.
Source: The Oakdale Times, week of April 4, 1935, vol. 40, No. 17, pg 3
A special Thank You to FAG contributor Kelly for emailing me the obituaries.
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