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