Friday, September 7, 2012

Tilley, Mildred 1901-1931 Hartwick Obituary

Tilley, Mrs. Claude 1901-1931 Hartwick Obituary

Mrs. Claude Tilley Passes Away at Home in Hartwick

Hartwick, March 24---Mrs. Claude Tilley, 30 years old, died Tuesday morning at 6:30 o'clock, following childbirth. Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Hartwick Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. G. E. Young officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in the Hartwick cemetery.
Mrs. Tilley was born in Jordanville, January 16, 1901, the daughter of Scfroit J. and Minnie McDonald King. In 1923 she was united in marriage to Claude Tilley of Hartwick. She attended the Jordanville school and later worked in the post office. She was an active member of the Hartwick Methodist Episcopal church.
Besides her husband she is survived by two daughters, Doris Louise and Lila Marie Tilley, her father and mother mentioned above and a brother, Barney King, all of whom reside in Fly Creek. There are also several nephews and nieces.


Addendum: Another obit that never mentions her first name. Grrrr!
OK, took time to look this up on Ancestry.com for you.  Her first name was 
Mildred.  On the 1930 census the household consisted of: 
Claude Tilley 31
Mildred Tilley--wife 29
Doris Tilley --daughter 5
Ida Mcdonald (His grandmother) 74.

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