George R. Wild Jr.

MAPLE HILL ~ George R. Wild Jr., 71, Maple Hill, died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2003, at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Wild had farmed and raised cattle. He worked for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in Topeka for 30 years before retiring in 1994. He was born June 28, 1932, in the Turkey Creek community in Wabaunsee County, to George R. Wild Sr. and Fern Ivy Lacock Wild. He was a lifelong resident of the Turkey Creek and Maple Hill communities. Mr. Wild was a member of Maple Hill Community Congregational Church; he served on the Old Stone Church and Maple Hill Cemetery Board. He was an avid golfer and outdoorsman and a past board member of the St. Marys Golf Association. He coached youth baseball in Maple Hill for many years, and he was a member of United Rubber Workers Local No. 307 in Topeka. He married Vivian M. Corbin on Sept. 25, 1953, in Maple Hill. She died Jan. 1, 1999. Survivors include a daughter, Pamela Martin, Belvue; a son, Randy Wild, Maple Hill; a sister, Pat Wilson, Lake Odessa, Mich.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild on the way. Mr. Wild was cremated. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Maple Hill Community Congregational Church. Inurnment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Vivian and George Wild Scholarship Fund at St. Marys High School and sent in care of Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys.