WILSON JR., Melvin 1925 - 2013

WILSON, JENKINS, GROTH, TIERNEY

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 12/25/2017 at 17:37:44

Melvin Wilson Jr., 87, of Mason City died Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at home.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 31, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Rev. Duane Miller, Trinity Lutheran Church officiating.

Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the Mason City Veterans Association.

Visitation will be one hour prior to services at Major Erickson Funeral Home.

Memorials may be directed to the Melvin Wilson Jr. Memorial Fund.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.

Melvin was born Nov. 1, 1925, in Fertile, the son of Melvin and Gladys (Jenkins) Wilson. He attended schools in Mason City. Melvin enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a cook for 24 years. He retired from the Navy in 1978. Following his retirement, he lived in St. Cloud, Minn., then moved to Mason City in 1997. In Mason City, he was a driver for North Central Lab for 10 years.

Melvin is survived by a niece, Lori Groth (Tom) Tierney of Minnetonka, Minn.; nephew, Richard (Sharon) Groth) of Mason City; great nieces and nephews, Aron, Christopher, Megan, and Kelsie; great-great nephew, Andrew.

Melvin was preceded in death by his parents, sister and brother-in-law, Nancy and Dale Groth.

Arrangements: Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401, 641-423-0924, www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.