Paul D. Wedge

Paul D. Wedge was a 54-year-old man who died in the Silver Bridge collapse. His body was recovered on Dec. 17, 1967. His wife, Lillian Eleanor Wedge, also died in the incident. They lived on Cathnor Lane in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

Obituaries Given For Bridge Victims
Point Pleasant Register (Point Pleasant, WV) - Published Monday, Dec. 18, 1967; pg. 1

The body of Paul D. Wedge, 54, of 3011 Cathnor Lane, Point Pleasant, was recovered from the Ohio River Sunday morning.

A past president of the Mason County Board of Education, Wedge was a representative for the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers. He was born Nov. 1, 1913, in Parkersburg, a son of the late Dencil and Dolly Gerlach Wedge.

His wife is the late Lillian Herrig Wedge who died in the same bridge disaster and whose body has not yet been recovered.

He was a member of the Minturn Lodge No. 19, AF & AM, Chapter 7 of the Royal Arch Masons and Franklin Commandry No. 17, Knights Templar, all of Point Pleasant.

He was the first president of the Oh-Kan Coin Club and the first president of the Hidden Valley Country Club. He also was a member of the Ameri- and in 1963 was on the governor's committee for the selection of the Centennial Coin for West Virginia.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Beverly Cottrill of West Columbia and Mrs. Betsy Blain of Point Pleasant; three sons, Paul D. (Denny), Jr., of Bowling Green, Ky., Jimmy Joe of Point Pleasant and Vick Herring of Miami, Fla.; two brothers, Charles of Mt. Alto and Marion of Miami; one sister, Mrs. Madolyn Brown of Miami; and six grandchildren.

The body is at Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. Arrangements are incomplete.