Kinderman, Wilbur Atkinson

Kinderman, Wilbur AtkinsonFebruary 27, 1911 - August 30, 1974

Wilbur was a Railroader, Coalminer and last worked as a custodian at North Vermillion High School from 1965-1974. He was the son of the late Alexander Kinderman 1890-1927 and Mary Margaret Richardson Kinderman 1889-1940 and at the age of 16 he and his mother followed his fathers hunting dog to the spot where they found his father hanging dead in a fence, part of his chin blown away as a result of trying to cross the fence with the gun in his hand.

Wilbur was the oldest of eight children. Three of the children were less then 5 at the time of their fathers death. Wilbur married Irene Trosper Feb 4, 1937. Wilbur died after a battle with lung cancer at 5:15 pm at St Elizabeth s Hospital in Danville, IL August 30, 1974.