Mrs. George E. Wilson -1946

WILSON, LEONARD

Posted By: Michael Kearney (email)
Date: 10/7/2002 at 18:35:56

The Clinton Herald Monday December 23, 1946 p. 14 Mrs. George E. Wilson, 830 Fifth avenue South, active in church and other circles, notably the board of lady managers of Jane Lamb hospital, died at 3:15 o'clock Sunday morning in Jane Lamb hosptial, following a cerebral hemorrhage suffered about 11 o'clock Saturday morning. Funeral services will be held in the home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with Dr. Bruce McCullough, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be in Springdale cemetery. Born in Belvidere, Ill., Alice Leonard, daughter of James R. and Helen Leonard, Mrs. Wilson had been a life-time resident of Clinton. She came here in early infancy when her parents moved to Clinton to make their home. Educated in the Clinton public schools and in Farimount seminary, Washington, D.C., an educational institution for women, she was married January 30, 1913, to George E. Wilson and in the ensuing years served actively in civic, church and charitable undertakings. Her parents and a brother, Albert Leonard, preceded her in death. Of her immediate relatives she leaves her husband, two sons, George E. Wilson Jr., and Richard O. Wilson, and four grandchildren. Also surviving are an uncle and aunt in Pasadena, California., and a cousin in Tryon, N.D. During all of the years of her Clinton residence, her home had been in Fifth avenue, South. For about 25 years she had been a member of the Jane Lamb hospital board of lady managers, serving a number of those years as president. She was a charter member of the Mardi club and for many years had been a member of Division Two of the industrial of the First Presbyterian church, of which also she was a faithful member. Her death came as a profound shock to the members of her family and myriads of friends. She was starting downtown on a Christmas shopping mission about 11 o'clock Saturday morning and was driving with Mr. Wilson as a passenger in the car, when she suffered an attack, which she assumed to be a heart attack. At her direction, Mr. Wilson turned off the ignition, stopping the car on the driveway near the read of the family home. Mr. Wilson administered emergency aid and assisted by a member of the household carried her into the house where medical aid was summoned. She was removed to Jane Lamb hospital and for a period appeared to be responding to treatment. About 2:25 a.m. Sunday, however, a second stroke proved fatal, despite every effort to revive her.