The Van Wert County Courthouse

Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025

Ella Adeline Wilder

Ella Adeline Wilder was stillborn at 3:51 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Parents are Lucas N. Wilder and Marta (Donate-McClure) Wilder of rural Van Wert, who both survive.

Other survivors include a brother, Carter Mason Wilder; paternal grandparents Darrell and Lisa Wilder of Van Wert; maternal grandmothers Teresa Metzger and Audrey E. McClure, both of Van Wert; a paternal great-grandmother, Annabelle McCollum of St. Marys; six aunts, Shelly (Regan) Waugh, Stacey (Terry) Crowle, Marcy (Chad) Mark, Amanda (Marcus) Black, Christina Donate-McClure and Heather Wilder; and two uncles, Robby Donate-McClure and Jake Wilder.

Her maternal grandfather, Robert L. McClure; paternal great-grandparents, Terrell E. and Bertha J. Wilder and John McCollum; maternal great-great-grandparents, Meredith and Ernestine Springer; and a brother, Nathaniel Robert Wilder, also preceded her in death.

Public graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, June 18, at Woodland Cemetery in Van Wert, with Pastor W. Clark Williman and Rev. Alva Daniel officiating.

There will be no visitation.

Preferred memorials: For the family.

Messages of condolence may be sent to www.cowanfuneralhome.com.

POSTED: 06/13/12 at 7:50 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries