WIREY, Sadie Elizabeth (Coy)

Date of birth:  17 Sep 1878 – Brown County, Indiana
Date of death: 25 Feb 1967 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

Franklin Daily Journal, February 27, 1967

Mrs. Sadie E. Wirey
dies at Co. hospital

FRANKLIN — Mrs. Sadie Elizabeth Wirey, 88, died at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Johnson County Hospital. She had been in failing health for one month and seriously ill for 48 hours.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the Vandivier-Parsley Funeral Home. Friends may call at any time. Officiating for the services will be the Rev. William Valentine of Grace Methodist Church, assisted by Dr. Robert Baldridge of Lawrence. Bur­ial will be in Rest Haven Cemetery at Edinburg.

Mrs. Wirey was born September 17, 1878 in Brown County, the daughter of Matthew and Rebecca Ann Poe Coy. She was the last member of her family that consisted of one girl and six boys. Her education was received in Brown County schools.

On February 12, 1898, she was mar­ried at Nashville, Ind., to L. A. Wirey who survives. For the last 20 years they had lived in Shelby County, but prior to that time had lived in Johnson County for 50 years.

Mrs. Wirey was a member of Grace Methodist Church and was very active in all church affairs as long as her health permitted.

Surviving with the husband are three sons: Rev. Carl O. Wirey of Auburn, Ind.; Wayne A. Wirey of New Albany; Dallas O. Wirey of Franklin; one daugh­ter, Mrs. Herbert Sophia Beaman of Franklin; five grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. An infant daughter, Alta Marie preceded her in death.

Franklin Evening Star, February 27, 1967

SADIE WIREY RITES

TO BE HELD TUESDAY
      Funeral services for
Mrs. Sadie Elizabeth Wirey
will be conducted Tuesday
at 2 p.m. in the Vandivier
Parsley Funeral Home with
the Rev. William Valentine,
of the Grace Methodist Church,
assisted by Dr. Robert
Baldridge, of Lawrence,
in charge of the service.
Burial will be at Rest
Haven Cemetery.
      Friends may call
anytime at the funeral home.
Died Saturday
      Mrs. Wirey died
Saturday morning at the
Johnson County Memorial
Hospital where she had
been seriously ill for 4
8 hours.  She had been ill
for a month.
      Born Sept. 17, 1878,
in Brown County, she was
the daughter of Matthew
and Rebecca Ann Poe Coy.
      She married L. A.
Wirey Feb. 12, 1898 in
Nashville.
      Mrs. Wirey had lived
in Johnson County for 50
years and had resided in
Shelby County for the past
20 years.
      She was a member of
the Grace Methodist Church,
and was active in many church
activities.
Mrs. Wirey is survived by her
husband; three sons, the Rev.
Carl O. Wirey, of Auburn;
Wayne A. Wirey, of New Albany;
Dallas O. Wirey, of Franklin;
one daughter, Mrs. Herbert
(Sophia) Beaman, of Franklin;
five grandchildren and 9
great-grandchildren.
      Six brothers, and a
daughter, Alta Marie, preceded
her in death.

Submitted by Mark Wirey