Fannie Louise Blocher

1872 - 1963  (91 years)

• Name	Fannie Louise Blocher
  Birth	24 Apr 1872	Garrett County, Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 Jul 1963	Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia
  Notes	WESTERNPORT — Mrs. Fanny Wilt was recently honored on her 80th birthday with a surprise party at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ora Brinkman, Walnut Street. Mrs. Wilt is the widow of Lincoln Wilt and a daughter of the late Jacob and Harriett Blocher, New Germany. She is one of a family of eight children, of whom six are still living. Three of them, Mrs. John Wilt, Westernport; Mrs. Enoch Robeson, Avilton, and Mrs. George Bowers, Jennings, were present. John Blocher, Santa Ana, Calif., and Mrs. Effie Custer, Washington, were unable to attend. Mrs. Brinkman's home was decorated with vases of carnations and snapdragons, with a color scheme of pink and white prevailing. The group sang several selections, with Mrs. Lulu Fazenbaker accompanying on the organ. Prior to the party, the immediate family held a dinner at Stoops Restaurant, Frostburg. Among the many gifts Mrs. Wilt received was a white orchid given to her by her children. Among those present, in addition to her three sisters, were Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Grove and son Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Kady, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alkire, Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Wilt, Mrs. Bessie Rymer, Mrs. Lula Sites and children Darla Ann and Carol Sue, Mr. and Mrs. Ora Brinkman, Mrs. LaVada Murphy, Mrs. Mora Hood, Mrs. Calvin Keplinger and Mrs. Lulu Fazenbaker, all of the Tri-Towns. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. Simon Durst, Jennings; Mrs. Harry Yommer, Grantsville; Mr. and Mrs. Forest Robeson, Frostburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Perry Rymer, LaVale. The Cumberland Evening Times, May 1, 1952 She died on 22 Jul 1963 at the age of 91 in Keyser, Mineral Co., West Virginia. WESTERNPORT — Mrs. Fannie Wilt, 91, of 301 Vine Street, mother of Mayor Ray L. Wilt, died yesterday at the Pulliam Nursing Home, Keyser, where she had been a patient two months. She had suffered a fractured hip in a fall at her home April 26. A native of New Germany, Garrett County, she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Harriet (Broadwater) Blocher. Her husband, Lincoln Wilt, died in 1931. Mrs. Wilt was a member of Miriam Rebekah Lodge 16, Trinity Methodist Church, Piedmont, and the Susannah Wesley Bible Class of the church. Besides Mayor Wilt, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Bessie Rymer, Baltimore; Mrs. Fannie Grove, Mrs. Aleda Brinkman, Westernport; Mrs. Elsie Wilson, Rayland, Ohio; two other sons, Harvey Wilt, Rayland, and Florian Wilt, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; four sisters, Mrs. Zelphia Wilt, Cumberland; Mrs. Sallie Bowers, Grantsville; Mrs. Lillie Robeson and Mrs. Effie Custer, Frostburg, and one brother, John Blocher, Santiago, Calif. The body is at the Boal Funeral Home where friends will be received from 2 until 4 p.m. and 7 until 9 p. m. A service will be conducted there Thursday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Sumner Sawyers, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church.Interment will be in Philos Cemetery. The Cumberland Evening Times, July 23, 1963
  Person ID	I51711	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Jacob Franklin Blocher,   b. 8 Nov 1844, Allegany County, Maryland d. 14 Jun 1926 (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Harriett Ann Broadwater,   b. 11 Apr 1845, Allegany County, Maryland d. 7 Nov 1940, Jennings, Garrett County, Maryland (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	30 Jul 1867	Allegany County, Maryland
  Family ID	F19190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lincoln Wilt,   b. Abt 1862   d. 11 Apr 1931, Westernport, Allegany County, Maryland (Age ~ 69 years)
  Children	1. Florian Wilt   d. Aft 1973  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elsie Wilt   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ray Wilt   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Bessie Wilt,   b. Abt 1894, Westernport, Allegany County, Maryland d. 5 May 1967, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland (Age ~ 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Aleda Wilt,   b. Abt 1897, Westernport, Allegany County, Maryland d. 27 Jun 1963, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age ~ 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Fannie Wilt,   b. Abt 1907, Westernport, Allegany County, Maryland d. 12 Dec 1973, Westernport, Allegany County, Maryland (Age ~ 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Arthur C. Wilt,   b. Abt 1909   d. 12 Jun 1935, Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia (Age ~ 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Harvey Lewis Wilt,   b. 18 Oct 1910, Swanton, Garrett County, Maryland d. 6 Jul 1999, Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F19241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021