Wallace Kenneth Wiley^[1]

1880 - 1953  (73 years)

• Name	Wallace Kenneth Wiley
  Birth	9 Nov 1880	Peoria, Peoria, IL
  Gender	Male
  Census	16 Jun 1900	Richwoods, Peoria, IL ; age 19, born Oct 1880 in IL, at school, living with parents
  Graduation	1904	University of Illinois
  Census	Apr 1910	Peoria, Peoria, IL ; age 28, born IL, Manufacturer of Electric Signs, living with parents
  Death	22 Dec 1953	San Diego Co, CA
  Person ID	I2091	Family Tree
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	William Rodney Wiley,   b. 4 Oct 1850, Saxtons River, VT d. 11 Jan 1921, Evanston, Cook IL (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Frances Ellen “Nellie” Day,   b. 11 Jun 1851, Chester, Vermont d. 13 Oct 1918, Evanston, Cook, IL (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1873	Galva, Henry, IL
  Family ID	F553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elsie Nevin Arms,   b. 1 Dec 1878, Lancaster, PA d. 31 May 1969, Santa Monica, CA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1911
  Children	1. John Nevin Wiley,   b. 13 Jun 1914, Buffalo, Erie, PA d. 16 Mar 2001, Bali, Indonesia (Age 86 years) + 2. Alice Nevin Wiley,   b. 17 Sep 1916, Buffalo, Erie, PA d. 24 Nov 2007, Eugene, Lane, OR (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F1637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2011

  
  

• Notes

  Wiley Employes Honor Form Founder, Retiring Rribute to the friendley, considerate leadershipe of Wallace K. Wiley as vice-president, superintendent and co-founder of R&W Wiley, Inc., 129 Dearborn St., was paid last night at a testimonial dinner given by employes and co-workers on the occasion of his retirement. He is 72. Factory employes presented him with a set of traveling bags at the farewell dinner at Hotel Markeen. Manufacturing agents, who came from as far as Richmond, Va., give him a pipe set. Wiley, who will continue as a director, and his brother, Roy R. Wiley, founded the corporation, manufacturers of fluorescent lighting fixtures, in 1936. Roy Wiley died last November. The brothers previously had been partners in the old Flexlume Sign Co. Declaring that he considered the honor paid him as both for his brother and himself, the white-haired manufacturer said he and his brother always were thankful they could "create employment for a fine bunch of fellows." Mr. and Mrs. Wiley will leave next week for California to visit their daughter, Alice, wife of movie star Wendell Corey, and their son, J. Nevin Wiley, who is director of the social service department at San Diego.

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] California Death Records 1940-1997, (http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi), for Wallace K Wiley.