Samuel I. Wilt, Jr., age 77, of Wellston, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at the Holzer Medical Center in Jackson, Ohio.\u00a0 He was born May 10, 1943 in Vinton County, Ohio to the late Samuel I. Wilt, Sr. and Bernice D. Vickers Wilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sam was a 1961 graduate of Allensville High School.\u00a0 He was a former welder for Sands Hill Coal Company as well as a former employee of McNally Pittsburg Manufacturing.\u00a0 Sam later retired from Frick-Gallagher Manufacturing.\u00a0 In his spare time he enjoyed hunting, watching NASCAR, and sitting on his porch watching the traffic go by.\u00a0 Sam took good care of his family and was a “Dad” figure to many.\u00a0 He always made sure that his family had what they needed and shared many “firsts” with the nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sam is survived by siblings, Jane Robison, Larry Wilt and Olan Wilt (Pam Truman) all of Londonderry; sisters-in-law, Mary Young of Wellston and Charlotte Hubbard of Jackson; along with several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.\u00a0 Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 43 years, Betty Hunter Wilt in 2014; and brothers, Robert Wilt and Gene Wilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Calling hours will be Saturday, March 13, 2021, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the McWilliams Funeral Home in Wellston.\u00a0 Funeral service will follow the calling hours at 1 p.m. with Pastor Tim Jones officiating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burial will be in the Ridgewood Cemetery.\u00a0 For those choosing to attend the services, facial coverings are required inside the building along with the practice of social distancing.\u00a0 Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.mcwilliams-funeralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Samuel I. Wilt, Jr., age 77, of Wellston, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at the Holzer Medical Center in Jackson, Ohio.\u00a0 He was born May 10, 1943 in Vinton County, Ohio to the late Samuel I. Wilt, Sr. and Bernice D. Vickers Wilt. Sam was a 1961 graduate of Allensville High School.\u00a0 He was\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11552,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11551\/revisions\/11552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}