WILSON, Charles (1874-1957)

WILSON, FRITSCH, HOLLAND, MCDONALD

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 3/10/2016 at 16:12:33

Graveside Service for Charles Wilson at Garner Cemetery

Garner - Graveside services for Charles Wilson, 84, brother in law of R. J. Fritsch, were held at St. Boniface Cemetery at Garner with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. L. B. Striegel in charge of the service, assisted by Father Robert Reiss. General services were held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Estherville, earlier in the day.

Mr. Wilson was the husband of Anna Fritsch Wilson who died in 1950. Wilson was a retired Rock Island Railroad conductor and was affectionately known by his many friends here as "Cap" Wilson.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. H. G. (Leona) Holland, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. John (Marie) McDonald, New Hampton, and Miss Lois Wilson, a teacher in the Waterloo schools; one son, Frederick, with the FBI, Cumberland, Md.

He was preceded in death by his wife , Anna, and a son, Charles, an attorney in Washington, D. C.

source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 20 Dec 1957, page 15