Gerald Wilson
Jerseyville |
DATELINE: Jerseyville
NAME: Gerald Cleo Wilson
AGE: 92
DIED: 8:25 p.m. Sunday September 19, 2010 at His Home
BORN: May 21, 1918 on The Family Farm South of Hamburg, IL.
PARENTS: J. Morritt & Cordia (Killebrew) Wilson (BOTH DECEASED)
MARRIED: Veralee Sevier
DATE & PLACE: December 26, 1949 in Hamburg, IL.
MILITARY: He served in the U.S. Air Corps during W.W. II, 5 years as an
Air Craft Maintenance Technician, he continued part time employment in
civilian aviation with ratings of airplane and engine mechanic, aircraft
inspector and private pilot
OCCUPATION: He was a 1936 Graduate of Jersey Community High School and
he was employed with Civil Service for the U.S. Postal Service as rural
carrier from 1948 - 1978.
MEMBERSHIPS: Life Long Member of The Church of Christ and
Hardin American Legion Post # 636
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday September 22, 2010
Summit Grove Cemetery near Kampsville
OFFICATING: Brother Scott Springer
BURIAL: Summit Grove Cemetery near Kampsville
MEMORIALS: In Lieu of Flowers, Jerseyville Church of Christ or Indian
Creek Church of Christ
SURVIVORS
WIFE: Veralee Wilson of Jerseyville
SISTER: Dorothy (Wilson) Eberhardt of Phoenix, Arizona
BROTHER: D.J. Wilson of Calhoun County, IL.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Parents, Sisters: Pauline & Donna Wilson
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