Wilson, Gertrude M. 1916-1993

WILSON, BAPPE, WALLACE, JONES, MARSHALL, MORGAN, WAGSTAFF

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Date: 10/6/2007 at 08:01:42

Gertrude M. Wilson

Funeral services for Gertrude M. Wallace Wilson, 77, of 2301 S. 5th Ave. E., a resident of Newton since 1978, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, at Wallace-Pence Funeral Home.

The Rev. Jerry Brown, senior pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in Newton Union Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Wednesday and visitation with the family will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials to the American Cancer Society will be accepted.

She died Monday morning at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics at Iowa City.

Survivors are three sons, Donald of Charlotte, N.C., Dale of Unionville, Va., and Doyle of Coraopolis, Pa.; a daughter, Norma (Mrs. David) Bappe of Decorah; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are a brother, Robert Wallace of Knoxville and three sisters, Pauline (Mrs. Earl A.) Jones of Chandler, Ariz.; Dorothy (Mrs. Leroy) Marshall of Mingo and Anna Mae (Mrs. Hollis) Morgan of Newton.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Athel E. Wilson, June 1, 1985, twins in infancy, and three brothers, Wilson, Arthur and William.

Mrs. Wilson, a homemaker, was a longtime member of the United Methodist Church.

The daughter of George and Edith Wagstaff Wallace, she was born Feb. 19, 1916 in Monroe and attended Monroe area schools.

She was married to Athel Elmer Wilson Feb. 26, 1949 in Des Moines.

Mrs. Wilson moved to Unionville, Va., from Monroe, residing there for 22 years prior to moving to Newton. ~ The Newton (IA) Daily News, October 1993