Wilds, Mark ("O.B.") (1956 - 2019)

WILDS, OLSEN, BRISBOIS, WENDT

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/2/2019 at 09:48:52

Name of deceased: Mark Alan “O.B.” Wilds

Aged: 63 yrs, 5 mo.

Residence: Shelby, Shelby County, IA

Born: Jan. 10, 1956; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Died: June 10, 2019; Shelby, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, June 15, 2019; First Presbyterian Church, Shelby, IA

Survived by: Son, Eric Wilds of Shelby, IA; daughter, Megan (spouse, Derek) Olsen and grandson Jasper Olsen, all of Council Bluffs, IA; sister, Denise Brisbois of Shelby, IA; brother, Scott Wilds of Indianapolis, IN; niece, Jessica Brisbois of Shelby, IA; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Donald Eugene and Marjorie Elizabeth (nee Wendt) Wilds; nephew, Kevin Brisbois

Education: Attended the Avoca (IA) Public Schools through Grade 8. The family then moved to Shelby, IA, where O.B. attended Shelby-Tennant Public Schools and graduated from Shelby-Tennant High School, Class of 1974. He enrolled as a student at Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: no information provided

Marriage: Sandi Jane Kiesel; June 11, 1983; Shelby, IA. They later divorced.

Employment: After leaving school, he opened and operated The Sirloin Cellar Restaurant for 4 years, and then started O.B. Wilds Drywall. He also worked at Wickman Drywall. Later, he worked as a cook for Lori Tiarks at Old Main Street Grille in Avoca, IA. In addition, he did harvesting work for Bill and Jerod Johnson of Avoca, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: Taught his children how to fish, and loved to go camping, boating, and fishing as a family; he participated in tournament bass fishing; liked to hunt for mushrooms; played Pitch with his friends several times a week

Sources: harlanonline.com; kjan.com; burmeisterjohannsen.com