Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-29
MRS. A. e. WILBUR DEAD.
Former WeII-known Woman Of This
CITY Dies at Glendale, Cal,

City Dies at Glendale, Cal.
Word received by the Times Repub
lican from Glendale, CAL, this after
noon, announces the death there at
80 this morning of Mrs. Andrew e.
Wilbur, former well-known Mar
shalltown woman, and wife of a former
prominent business man. a member Of
the furniture firm of Dense1 G. Will
bur and later Of A. E. Wilbur & Sons.
Mrs. Wilburs death followed an i'll
ness that dates from the summer of
1915, when It was found that she was
suffering from cancer of the stomach.
Mrs. Wilburs condition has been seri-
Gus for many months, altho most of
the time she has been able to be driven
about. She has had the devoted at
tention of her husband during all these
months Of invalidism, as Mr.. Wilbur
practically has given all his time to
his wife's comfort. Mrs. Wilbur's death
was peaceful, the end coming as she
slept.
For many years Mrs. Wilbur took a
prominent part in her local social set,
and was very active in the Baptist
church Of which she had been a mem
Der since 1868. She was born Hattie
Densel in Iowa City, Oct. 81, 1851, a
daughter Of the late John and Harriet
Densel, and came to Marshalltown in
1854, when the town was a mere vii
1age. Miss Densel, one Of a large fam
lily of children became the second lady
dry goods clerk to be employed in
Marshalltown, in the E. Wnhgrod
store, in 1873. The distinction OF the
first lady clerk was held by Mrs. Sarah
Paige Martin, also employed in the
Willigrod store, who was the wife of
Henry Martin, who later gained some
notoriety by his conception of the fam
out Cardiff giant, which he had built
in the Fort Dodge gypsum mills, ship
ped to Cardiff, N. Y, where it was
buried, then unearthed, and exhibited
by P. T. Barnum as historic curl
osity.
Miss Densel became the wife of An
drew E. Wilbur, Nov. IL, 1874, the
ceremony taking place in the old Bap-
fist church, which stood on the site or
the present Y. M. c. A. building. The
home Of the Wifburs for many years
was at POS North Fourth street, and
their last home was at POI South Third
avenue. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur moved
to California in 1907 and bought
ranch at San Gabriel. They occupied
this home until 1915, when they moved
into Los Angeles on account Of the III
health of Mrs. Wilbur. Last fall MI.
and Mrs. Wilbur went to Glendale to
live.
While Mrs. Wilburs death will be
received by local friends with sadness,
her friends here have realized for
long time that there was no hope, and
that death would be a welcome relief
to the patient herself. Mrs. Wilbur
still has many dear and close friends
here, who knew her as q lovable
woman possessed of many fine traits
of character.
Surviving Mrs. Wilbur are her hus-
band, three sons, and an adopted
daughter, the latter of whom is a
niece and had been reared by Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur from infancy. The sons
are Delos, of Salt Lake City, Utah;
Howard D. Wilbur, Of Sioux City;
and Harry Wilbur, now in the national
army. The daughter is Mrs. George
H. Marsh, Of Glendale. Mrs. Wilbur
also is survived by three sisters and
one brother. They are Mrs. Mary San
son, of LeGrand; Mrs. Lizzie Froelich,
of Kansas City, Kan; Mrs. Sadie
Shaw, Of Santa Ana, CAL; and H. T.
Densel, of Los Angeles. A sister, Mrs.
Alice Wallace, died at Mitchell, S. D..
Nov. Is, 1892, and a brother, Charles
Densel, for many years a locomotive
engineer out Of Winona, Mimi. died
in Colorado several years ago. Mrs.
Densel, Mrs. Wi.bur's mother, died at
Santa Ana, Cal, Jan. "a, 1907.
Mrs. Wilbur had been a member OF
tho Temple Baptist church at Los
Angeles since 1908.
Funeral services will be held at
Glendale Monday.