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MANVILLE Esther Mae Wilder died Aug. 8 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 76.
Born in Moosic, Pa., she had been a resident of Manville most of her life.
Mrs. Wilder retired as a semiconductor worker for RCA in Bridgewater and was previously employed by Johns-Manville Corporation as an assembly worker. After retiring from RCA, she worked at the Tandy Corporation in Somerset, and in cafeteria services for the Bridgewater School Systems.
She was a member of the Manville Senior Citizens Club.
Her husband, George Wilder, died in 1975. Three sisters, Wilma Caivano, Josse Rock; two brothers, Elmer and Fred Weitz; a grandson, George Frey; and her companion George Garris are deceased.
Surviving are a daughter, Shirley Herasymchuck of Manville; a son, Gary of Culpepper, Va.; two brothers, Howard Weitz of Tunkhannock, Pa., and Clifford Weitz of Moosic; five grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Aug. 13 from Fucillo and Warren Funeral Home, Manville followed by entombment at the Franklin Memorial Park in New Brunswick.
