Class of 1950
1950 Maroon Spotlight
Mary Wilda
1950 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Mary Ellen Wilda says her plans after graduation are indefinite. Miss Wilda had attended schools at Ponca City, Marland, Three Sands, and Tonkawa before coming to Perry high in her junior year. The 18-year-old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilda, Jr., 707 Sixth street, was born in Marland and was a member of the Three Sands girls basketball team while attending school there.
Mary Ellen (Wilda) Chartier
April 27, 1932 – February 24, 1992
Mary Ellen Chartier, 59, died Monday, February 24, 1992, at Enid Regional Hospital.
Born April 27, 1932, in Marland, Okla., she was the daughter of Joe and Sally Wilda. She graduated from Perry High school with the class of 1950.
She and Lee Chartier were married in Perry May 5, 1951. They moved to Hennessey in 1964, where she assisted her husband in running Lee’s TV and Radio until their retirement.
Mrs. Chartier was a member of the Lioness Club, First Baptist Church and an avid bowler.
Surviving are her husband, Lee of the home in Hennessey; one daughter, Teri Lee Ward, and her husband, Charlie E. Ward of Enid; one granddaughter, Veronica; two grandsons, Shane and Erik Ward of Enid; her mother and father, Joe and Sally Wilda of Perry; two brothers, Jim and Bill Wilda of Perry; one sister, Helen Bristol of Perry, and a special friend, George Hancock of Hennessey.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Hennessey. Dr. E. Don Rogers and Rev. Danny Marney will officiate. Burial will be in the Hennessey Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice Circle of Love in Enid.