Douglas Wayne Wildbur (63) of Xenia

Funeral services honoring the life of Doug will be held at noon Friday, April 1 at the McGriff & Triplett Funeral Home in Louisville with Pastor Kelly Carruthers officiating. Burial will follow at the Old Union Cemetery, Bible Grove. Visitation will be held Friday at the funeral home where friends may call from 11 a.m. until noon. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in Doug’s memory to the Oskaloosa Cemetery Memorial Day Veterans Program, or to Clay County Hospice. Online condolences may be left by clicking here. 

Doug was born November 24, 1958, at the Clay County Hospital in Flora, the son of Harold and Shirley (Cooper) Wildbur. Doug has worked many different jobs over the years, some having been a mechanic for Joe Hotze Ford in Salem and most recently for Bible Pork in Louisville as a grain hauler. When Doug was younger, he liked to race flat track dirt bikes. Some of Doug’s other hobbies included hunting, fishing, and he loved to ride horses and watch rodeos. 

Doug is survived by his children, Jeremy (Kelli) Wildbur, of Xenia, Joni (Chris) Wildbur Brown, of Xenia, Austen (Katie) Wildbur, of Xenia, and Laura Wildbur of Flora; step-children, Brad (Jessica) Albert, of Centralia, Joshua (Amy) Albert, of Alma and Molly Pyatt, of New Jersey; mother, Shirley Wildbur, of Effingham; grandchildren, Treyden, Addyson, Karter, Britton, Gavin, Brayden, Lauren, Preston, Lily, Julian, Dalton, Reece, Chloe, Maddilyn, Hayden, Elizabeth and Brantley; brothers, Mike (Kathy) Wildbur, of Iola and Mark (Gloria) Wildbur, of Effingham. 

Doug was preceded in death by his father; wife, Beth Ann and brother, Jeffery Wildbur.