Wilda Wilcox

Wilda B. Retired principal and teacher Age 95 of Tioga, PA, passed away Monday, August 6, 2001 at her home in Tioga. Wilda was born in Lawrenceville, PA on June 26, 1906, the daughter of the late William and Anna Bristol Wilcox. Wilda was a 1924 graduate of the Lawrenceville High School, she attended Mansfield State Normal School and received her B.S. from Mansfield State College in 1932. In 1932, Wilda began her teaching at the RB Walter Elementary School and also served as the school principal from 1966 until her retirement in 1970. She was A member of the N.E.A. and P.S.E.A. and Delta Kappa Gamma. Wilda was also an active member of Tioga Presbyterian Church. In her own words she sums up her life, My life may not have been very colorful, but it has been a life-full of pleasant experiences with my administrators; full of love and undertanding of my co-workers, full of parents, generally cooperative and understanding and fullest of all of children - children with dirty faces, clean faces, smiles, frowns, tears and laughters; children abounding in eagerness and enthusiasm, and those not so abounding; children eager for attention, a smile, love and understanding-children-the World of Tomorrow. She is survived by one sister, Dorothy Hughes of Tioga, PA; nephew, Elwin Wood of Tioga, PA; two great nieces. Wilda was preceded in death by a sister, Ruth Urell and a brother, William Wilcox. Friends are invited to call at the Scureman Funeral Home, Inc., 130 S. Main St., Mansfield, PA, Thursday, August 9, 2001 from Noon to 1 PM. Funeral services will be held at Scureman's at 1:00 PM Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Thomas will officiate. Burial will be in Mosherville Cemetery.