FROM AUDREE SEIBEL LEWIS' CARD FILE, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF 
STEUBEN COUNTY, ANGOLA, INDIANA.  

WILMA E. (CASE) PURDY, 08 Mar 1893 - Jan 1966

   STURGIS-Wife of Dr. Leo. B. Purdy, Mrs. Wilma C. Purdy, 72, died 
late Friday in Sturgis Memorial Hospital.  Also surviving are a 
son, three daughters, six grandchildren, a great-grandchild and 
three sisters.  Services at w3 p.m. Tuesday at Foglesong Funeral 
Home.

ADDITONAL INFORMATION:

   Wilma E. (Case) Purdy, 08 Mar 1893 - Jan 1966, on 05 Sep 1912, 
married Leo B. Purdy, D.D.S., 09 Nov 1890 - 16 Oct 1966.  They died 
in Strugis, St. Joseph County, Michigan, and are buried at 
Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, Indiana.
   Wilma was the daughtrer of William J. Case, 1864 - 1954, and his 
1st wife, Cora (Swain/Wilder) Case, 11 Jan 1871 - 16 Oct 1910.  
Cora was the daughter of Silas Swain and Ruth (Ewers) Swain.  Ruth 
Swain died of T.B. and Cora was adopted by George Kendrick Wilder 
and Harriet N. (Luce) Wilder, who are also buried at Greenlawn 
Cemetery.
   Leo B. Purdy, D.D.S., was the son of Howard Eugene Purdy, 01 Apr 
1865 - 06 Jan 1959, and Lydia Ordelia (Stayner) Purdy, 28 Aug 1866 
- 19 Nov 1941.  They are buried at Greenlawn Cemetery.
   No information on the names of Wilma and Leo's children.

WILMA'A SIBLINGS:
   Celia R. Case, 26 Jun 1891 - 09 Jun 1967, buried at Greenlawn 
Cemetery.
   Russell B. Case, 1895 - 1922, 1st husband of Lois Geneva 
(Collins) Case Wilson Carlisle, 1896 - 1959, daughter of Albert J. 
and Eva Jane (Cleveland) Collins.  Lois married 2nd, Russell 
Wilson.  She married 3rd, Clark Carlisle.  After the death of Lois, 
Clark Carlisle married Floiad Collins, a younger sister of Lois.  
Russell and Lois are buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in different 
cemetery lots.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree Seibel 
Lewis, Vol. 1, pages 280, 301, 303, 304; Vol. 2, pages 1475, 1476, 
1949.
Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net