Audrey Simmons Wilson

ALEX, EMERSON, FARNER, IGNAZITTO, LANDIS, REDEROS-SUITONU, SIMMONS, WHEELER, WILSON

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Date: 6/8/2006 at 04:56:10

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
May 3, 2000

AUDREY M. WILSON, Marion

Audrey Marie Wilson, 87, a resident of Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion, died Sunday, April 30, 2000, following a brief illness.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 2, at Murdoch Funeral Home in Marion with the Rev. Dr. Robert Kunz officiating. Burial was at Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion.

Audrey Wilson was born Sept. 4, 1912, to George and Nellie (Emerson) Simmons of rural Peru. She was united in marriage to Gerald C. Wilson on Aug. 23, 1933. Prio to her marriage, Audrey trained as a practical nurse and worked at Harken Hospital in Osceola for three years. She also was a member of the Maranatha Bible Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter, two brothers and a sister-in-law. She is survived by a daughter, Sharon Landis (husband Ron) of Marion; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
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The Gazette, Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa
Monday, May 1, 2000

Audrey Marie Wilson, 87, a resident of Willow Gardens Care Center, died there Sunday, April 30, 2000, following a brief illness. Services: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Murdoch Funeral Home, Marion, by the Rev. Dr. Robert Kunz. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion. Friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Survivors include a daughter, Sharon Landis and son-in-law Ron Landis of Marion; three grandchildren, Dawn Wheeler of Cedar Rapids, Laurie Ignazitto and husband Jeff of Fort Atkinson, Wis., and Roger Landis and wife Gloria of Marion; and six great-grandchildren, Aaron and Matt Wheeler, Katie and Jordan Alex, Joey Rederos-Suitonu and Kyle Landis.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; daughter, Jeananne Farner in 1973; and two brothers, Claude Simmons and wife Wanda and Paul Simmons.

Audrey was born Sept. 4, 1912, to George and Nellie Emerson Simmons, in Madison County, near Peru, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Gerald C. Wilson on Aug. 23, 1933, and they had 41 years together before his death in January 1975. Prior to her marriage, Audrey trained as a practical nurse and worked at Harken Hospital in Osceola for three years. She was a homemaker and very loving wife, mother and grandmother. She became a Christian at an early age and was a member of Maranatha Bible Church.