NameEdward Wilder Emery
Birth17 Oct 1906
Death29 Oct 1964, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
EducationPrinceton University (1929)
Misc. Notes
From Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct 1964, Sat, Other Editions, Page 22.
SERVICES SET FOR MONDAY
Services for Edward W. Emery, 58, of 1420 Lake Shore dr., president of the Chicago Rawhde Manufacturing company, 1301 Elston av., will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Fourth Presbyterian church, 126 E. Chestnut st.
Mr. Emery died Thursday in Brantford, Ont., where he had gone to participate in ceremones honoring employees of a subsiduary company. He was a grandson of Thomas Edward Wilder, a pioneer Chiagoan who founded the leather manufacturing conmpany. Mr. Emery assumed control 26 years ago.
He as active in the Young Men’s Christian aassociation and was a member of the Chicago Crime commission and a member of the board of the Fourth Presbyterian church. He leaves his widow, Joan; two sons, Edward Jr. and William H.; two daughters, Mrs. Lucy Tucker and Joan; his mother, Mrs. William H. Emery; and a sister, Mrs. Norman R. Hanson.
Death notice Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct 1964, pg. 48.
Spouses
Birth7 Feb 1915
Death28 Jan 1978, Chicago, IL