Wilbert F. Carey

General Facts

Born: October 31, 1868, in Watsontown, Pennsylvania

Died: June 16, 1940, at the age of 71 at his home in Bausman (just outside of Lancaster), Pennsylvania

Wife: Irene Dickson Carey (1872-1960)

Children: Charles Dickson Carey, Joseph Henry Carey, and Emma Carey Sloat

Item of Interest

  • Among the 18 Original Team members inducted into the inaugural class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on March 3, 1959.

Important Dates

1892: Graduated from the Secretarial Department of the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College)

1892-1898: General Secretary, YMCA, South Bend, Indiana    

1898-1903: General Secretary, YMCA, Pottsville, Pennsylvania                                 

1903-1913: General Secretary, YMCA, Lancaster, Pennsylvania                                  

1913-1914: Took time out of work to improve his poor health         

1914-1917: Worked in business as a district agent for New England Mutual Life Insurance Company                                                                

1917-1918: General Secretary Army YMCA, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania                       

1918-1932: Worked for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co.       

1932-1936: Retired in Lancaster Pennsylvania

1936-1940: Retired. Spent winters in The Haven, Inverness, Florida

General Facts