Children
Rodney Waldorf Wilhelm
Zelda Hines Wilhelm
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Notes:
Easton Express, Monday, September 15, 1941, page 9
Moses Wilhelm, Ingersoll Worker
Was 82, Lost Hands in Accident in 1916
Moses Wilhelm, 82 years old, a retired employee of the Ingersoll-Rand
Company, of 409 Pierce Street and residing temporarily at
211 Monroe street, died on Saturday Evening at 9:10 at Easton
Hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday last
for surgical treatment.
Mr. Wilhelm was born in South Easton on August 12, 1859,
a son of the late Moses and Rosieann Rupell Wilhelm, and
resided in the city most of his life. For many years he was
a foreman in the McKeen Cotton mills, South Side, and when
that industry ceased operations, he went to Hamburg Pa. and
was employed by the Wilhelm Bicycle Company.
On returning to this city he entered the employ of the Ingersoll-Rand
Company and later became a foreman in the compressor department.
In an accident in 1916, both hands were crushed by the falling
of a heavy machine and were amputated.
After the accident, he had charge of the receiving office
at the Ingersoll-Rand plant. Phillipsburg, and retired about
a year and a half ago. He worked for that company for 40
years.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Hines Wilhelm, died in 1924. He is survived
by two children, Rodney W. Wilhelm, of 713 Proter Street,
and Mrs. Zelda W. Laubach, wife of Fred H. Laubach Sr., of
409 Pierce street, and by three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Benjamin Unangst. of 1455 Washington
Street, and a half-brother Andrew M. Wilhelm, of 161 West
Berwick Street.
He was a member of the Second Methodist Church, South side,
also of Star Council, Royal Archnum; South Easton Council,
No. 590, Fraternal Patriotic Americans, and the Ingersoll
Relief Association.
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