WILSON, John Frederick 1877-1947

WILSON, DARLING

Posted By: Michael Kearney (email)
Date: 8/1/2002 at 23:07:10

The Clinton Herald Friday March 21, 1947 p. 12 Service for J. Fred Wilson, 800 Fifth avenue South who died Thursday evening in Jane Lamb hospital will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the family home. The Rev. Bruce McCallough of the Presbyterian church will officiate. Interment will be in Springdale cemetery. Mr. Wilson, member of a prominent Clinton family and a well known and highly respected Clinton businessman, had been connected with the Clinton Bridge Works and was a brother of George E. Wilson,Sr. president and treasurer of the company. He was a son of the late George E. Wilson and Hannah Firzmaurice Wilson. Death came as a profound shock to Mr. Wilson's family and a wide circle of friends. Mr. Wilson had been ill with a cold which presumably aggravated a heart attack. Death came at 8:45 p.m. Survivors include his widow, the former Ruby Darling, whom he married Jan. 18, 1923; four children, J. Frederick, Jr., Mary, Jane and Orrin; another brother, Frank E. Wilson and a sister, Miss Louise Wilson, all of Clinton. The deceased was born in Sterling, Ill., but moved to Clinton with his parents in hear early boyhood. He had lived here ever since and for the past 24 years at the Fifth avenue address. Two nephews, G.E. Wilson, Jr., and Richard O. Wilson, of Clinton also survive.