Wilson, Bill Gordon

WILSON, POTTER, CHRISTIANS

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/30/2013 at 14:44:26

Bill Gordon Wilson, 88, 9 Crystal Heights, Ventura, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009
at Mercy Medical Center of North Iowa, Mason City, Iowa.

A funeral service was held Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Ventura United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Rhoda Preston officiating. Interment was at
Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, with Military Honors provided by the Clear
Lake V.F.W. Memorials may be given to the Bill Wilson Memorial Fund.

Bill was born Feb. 13, 1921 north of Clear Lake, rural Cerro Gordo County,
the son of Fred Earl and Virgie Isabelle (Potter) Wilson. While going to school
he always helped his father with the family farm. He was in the U.S. Army,
enlisting in 1942 during WWII. During his enlistment he married Elsie
Christians on July 17, 1943 at the Evangelical Reformed Church, Klemme, Iowa.
After an Honorable Discharge in Nov. 1945, he returned home to farming. They moved
to Ventura in 1980.

Bill enjoyed going to the elevator and drinking coffee with the guys. He
loved playing cards and being with and watching his wife and sister-in-law’s
“the Harem” playing pinochle. He also enjoyed gardening and lawn work.

Bill was a member of the Ventura United Methodist Church and the Clear
Lake V.F.W.

Bill is survived by his wife, Elsie Wilson, Ventura; son, Gordon Wilson and
his wife, Linda, Ventura; daughters, Loretta “Lori” Kishline, Clear Lake, and Jo
Ann Oulman and her husband, Michael, Garner; grandchildren, Bryan (Ashley)
Wilson; John Kishline, Rebecca (Brad) Duckert, Bill (Belinda) Oulman, Angela
(Phil) Parcher; great-grandchildren, Hannah Wilson, Samantha, Gavin, Tucker and
Piper Duckert, Holden and Sadie Oulman, Luke, Carrigan and Wyatt Parcher; and
several nieces and nephews.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Margaret (Margie)
Walker, and Mary Byerly, and Marie Hamann; five brothers, Harold, Nile, Henry,
George and Jim Wilson; and son-in-law, Burl “Bud” Kishline.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.