In Memory

Wilma Loy (Patton) - Class Of 1920

Wilma Loy (Patton)

Final rites for Wilma O. Patton, 89, were Saturday at Horn Funeral Home in Delphi with the Rev. Ellwood Smith officiating.  Burial was in Masonic Cemetery.
  She died Thursday, Nov. 1, 1990, at St. Elizabeth Healthcare Center at Delphi where she had resided for three months.  Until 1986 Mrs. Patton had lived in Delphi before moving to Westminster Village in West Lafayette.
  Born Aug. 16, 1901, in Carroll County, she was a daughter of Henry and Cora Morrison Loy.  Her marriage on Jan. 23, 1923, at Delphi was to Harold L. Patton, who died Oct. 13, 1975.
  The 1920 graduate of Delphi High School had been a member of Delphi United Methodist Church since April 1926 and was a 59-year member of Rose Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, now Carroll Chapter 475, and of Tippecanoe Township Extension Homemakers Club.
  Survivors are a daughter, Joan Maxwell of Delphi; a sister, Donna Clark of Topeka, Kans.; two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
  She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, a sister and a brother.
  Memorial contributions should be made to Delphi United Methodist Church or the donor's favorite charity.
 
Obituary notice taken from the Carroll County Comet, Wednesday, November 7, 1990