Lillie E Ellis Wilt

1869 - 1940  (70 years)

• Name	Lillie E Ellis Wilt
  Born	5 May 1869	Washington, Daviess County, Indiana
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 Apr 1940	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I7072	Rossville
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	John Wesley Ellis,   d. 4 Nov 1892
  Mother	Emma Adaline Coleman Ellis,   b. 18 Jan 1846, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana ,   d. 4 Nov 1938, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 92 years)
  Married	1868
  Family ID	F2427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Reuben Lawrence Wilt,   b. 26 Apr 1868, Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 4 Sep 1918, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado  (Age 50 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1900
  	Her obit says they were married 18 Jan 1900. His says 17 Jan 1900.
  Children	+ 1. Arline Josephine Wilt Reid,   b. 11 Jan 1901, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 22 May 1998, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas  (Age 97 years)   2. Ruby Alice Wilt Sawitzke,   b. 2 Jul 1904, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 14 Jan 2000, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 95 years)
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2018 15:21:08
  Family ID	F5574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 May 1869 - Washington, Daviess County, Indiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Wilt, Lillie Lillie E. Wilt Mrs. Lillie E. Wilt died, Friday, April, 26, in Stormont hospital, Topeka. She would have been 71 years of age next Sunday, May 5. She was born in 1869 at Washington Indiana, the eldest daughter of John and Emma Ellis. Her parents came to Kansas when she Was a small child. She spent most of her life in Rossville and the surrounding community, with the exception of 4 years spent in Colorado and the past year in Topeka. She was married to Reuben Lawrence Wilt of Rossville, on Jan. 18, 1900. To this union were born two daughters, Arlene Josephine and Ruby Alice. Mr. Wilt passed away in 1918. Mrs. Wilt is survived by the two daughters, Mrs. Homer Reid of Rossville and Mrs. Edward Sawitzke, of Golden, Colo. One sister, Ethel Barron of Tucson, Ariz., and one grandson, Robert Reid of Rossville. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Rossville Presbyterian church, conducted by the Rev. H. L. Nelson of Topeka.