WIRT
Roann, Sept. 3 –
   Funeral services for Mrs. Lessie Marie Wirt, 58, will be held at the residence here at 2 pm Wednesday, with Rev. Morrow of Carmel in charge. He will be assisted by Rev. W. R. Deeter, pastor of the First Brethren Church of which Mrs. Wirt had been an active member for many years. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
   Mrs. Wirt died at her home on Sunday after an illness of ten years. She was born at Roann and had spent her entire life in the community.
   She is survived by her husband, W. W. Wirt, three brothers and one sister.

Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN, September 4, 1940.