Tracy Hartwell Wilder
1890 - 1973 (83 years)-
Name Tracy Hartwell Wilder [1] Birth 11 Mar 1890 Richland Township, Oswego, New York 
[1] Gender Male Death 25 Oct 1973 Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA [1] Person ID I35936 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father William Minot Wilder, b. 17 May 1870, Richland Township, Oswego, New York d. 25 Jan 1935, Pulaski, Oswego, New York (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Mother Elmina Mae Erskine, b. 4 Apr 1863, Richland Township, Oswego, New York d. 17 Jun 1939, Pulaski, Oswego, New York (Age 76 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1 May 1889 Richland Township, Oswego, New York Family ID F2150 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lois Belle Parsons, b. 2 Feb 1895, New York d. 8 Apr 1995, Oriskany, Oneida, New York (Age 100 years) Marriage 4 Feb 1914 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York Children 1. Rhea Claire Wilder, b. 5 Nov 1914, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York d. 18 Feb 2008, Oriskany, Oneida, New York (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Carolyn Wilder, b. 12 Feb 1917 d. 12 Mar 2011 (Age 94 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 3. Tracy Hartwell Wilder, Jr., b. 19 Nov 1922, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York d. 18 Dec 2013, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. Robert Frank Wilder, b. 24 Feb 1930, Syracuse, New York d. 24 Mar 2005, Venice, Sarasota, Florida (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F11546 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
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Notes - Newspaper Article - Tuesday, June 8, 1971 The Palladium Times - Oswego, New York - Tea To Honor Pulaski Pair For OES Work - Fulton - Elizabeth Chapter No. 195, O. E. S. will host an honorary tea at the Masonic Temple, South Fourth Street, with all the Chapters in Oswego District, Sunday afternoon, from 2 to 5 p.m. for Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Wilder of Pulaski. For more than a quarter of a century Lois and Tracy Wilder have dedicated their lives to the order. For years they campaigned throughout the State for added facilities and greater improvements for the Eastern Star Home and Infirmary at Oriskany. Their efforts supported the new addition to the Home, which has grown from a one-building unit to a two million dollar complex that gives the resident sisters everything the heart could desire in material comforts. All of this has been realized by the sole support of Eastern Star members. The Wilders have long ago track of the miles they have traveled to help make this dream come true. Their daughter, Mrs. Rhea LaVeck, absorbed this zeal for the order, and became Oswego District's first Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of the State of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Wilder did not curtail their interest after having a Grand Matron in their family. With their daughter, Mrs. LaVeck, they again traveled the width and breadth of the state campaigning to keep the Order of Eastern Star of the State of New York an independent jurisdiction, and did not rest until the Grand Chapter Session of 1970-71 voted to keep their independent jurisdiction. Through these years Lois and Tracy Wilder have earned the title of Mr. and Mrs. O.E.S. Mrs. Wilder served her own Pulaski Chapter No. 159 as Matron and has served the Grand Chapter as District Deputy Grand Matron of Oswego District, and also as Chairman of the Necrology Committee. Mr. Wilder served as Patron of Pulaski Chapter No. 159 and has served the Grand Chapter as Grand Sentinel. An invitation is extended from the chapters of Oswego District to the many friends of the Wilders to attend this tea in their honor. Mrs. John Grant of the Fulton chapter is chairman of this event and will be assisted by representatives of the other chapters of the district.
Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, October 31, 1973 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Tracy H. Wilder, Sr., Expires In Oswego - Tracy H. Wilder, Sr., 83, of 7407 Lincoln Avenue, Pulaski, died October 25, in the Pontiac Nursing Home, Oswego. Born March 11, 1890 at Pulaski, the son of William and Elmina Erskine Wilder. He attended Pulaski schools. He was married to Lois Parsons in Syracuse in February 1917. He was employed by the Railway Mail Service in Syracuse and later as assistant manager of Metropolitan Life Insurance in Oswego. Mr. Wilder moved back to Pulaski in 1935, and with his brother, Dale Wilder, they operated the W. M. Wilder Lumber Company. They later sold the lumber company and he commuted to Syracuse where he was employed by General Electric as an expediter. He retired from there in 1955. For about ten years after that he was employed at Selkirk State Park in the summers. Mr. Wilder was long active in the Methodist Church, serving 25 years as Sunday School Superintendent. He was a member of the Pulaski Lodge 415 F. and A.M., acting as secretary for ten years. He was a past patron of Pulaski Chapter 159 O. E. S. and a past grand officer of the O. E. S. Surviving are his wife, Lois P. Wilder, four children, Mrs. Rhea LaVeck of Pulaski, Emerson (Carolyn) Moran of Huntington Beach, California, U. S. Navy Captain Tracy H. Wilder, Jr., of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Robert Wilder of Rochester, 17 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and one brother, Dale E. Wilder of Tampa, Florida. Services were held at 2 p.m. October 28 at Park United Methodist Church, Rev. Edwin A. Potter, officiating. Burial is in Pulaski Cemetery, Pulaski. Masonic and Eastern Star services were held at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home on Saturday evening.
Class of 1909 PACS
- Newspaper Article - Tuesday, June 8, 1971 The Palladium Times - Oswego, New York - Tea To Honor Pulaski Pair For OES Work - Fulton - Elizabeth Chapter No. 195, O. E. S. will host an honorary tea at the Masonic Temple, South Fourth Street, with all the Chapters in Oswego District, Sunday afternoon, from 2 to 5 p.m. for Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Wilder of Pulaski. For more than a quarter of a century Lois and Tracy Wilder have dedicated their lives to the order. For years they campaigned throughout the State for added facilities and greater improvements for the Eastern Star Home and Infirmary at Oriskany. Their efforts supported the new addition to the Home, which has grown from a one-building unit to a two million dollar complex that gives the resident sisters everything the heart could desire in material comforts. All of this has been realized by the sole support of Eastern Star members. The Wilders have long ago track of the miles they have traveled to help make this dream come true. Their daughter, Mrs. Rhea LaVeck, absorbed this zeal for the order, and became Oswego District's first Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of the State of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Wilder did not curtail their interest after having a Grand Matron in their family. With their daughter, Mrs. LaVeck, they again traveled the width and breadth of the state campaigning to keep the Order of Eastern Star of the State of New York an independent jurisdiction, and did not rest until the Grand Chapter Session of 1970-71 voted to keep their independent jurisdiction. Through these years Lois and Tracy Wilder have earned the title of Mr. and Mrs. O.E.S. Mrs. Wilder served her own Pulaski Chapter No. 159 as Matron and has served the Grand Chapter as District Deputy Grand Matron of Oswego District, and also as Chairman of the Necrology Committee. Mr. Wilder served as Patron of Pulaski Chapter No. 159 and has served the Grand Chapter as Grand Sentinel. An invitation is extended from the chapters of Oswego District to the many friends of the Wilders to attend this tea in their honor. Mrs. John Grant of the Fulton chapter is chairman of this event and will be assisted by representatives of the other chapters of the district.
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Sources - [S20] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 094-03-7692; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951.
- [S20] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 094-03-7692; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951.