Bill Gordon WILSON

WILSON, POTTER, CHRISTIANS, KISHLINE, OULMAN, PARCHER, DUCKERT, CARRIGAN, WALKER, BYERLY, HAMANN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/10/2010 at 15:37:04

The Garner Leader & Signal, Iowa
December 23, 2009

Bill Gordon Wilson, 88, of Ventura, Iowa, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Mercy Medical Center of North Iowa, Mason City. Funeral services were held on Saturday, December 19, at the Ventura United Methodist Church, Ventura. The Rev. Rhoda Preston officiated. Interment was in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, with military honors provided by the Clear Lake V.F.W. The Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of the arrangements.

Bill was born on February 13, 1921 north of Clear Lake, rural Cerro Gordo County. He was the son of Fred Earl and Virgie Isabelle (Potter) Wilson. While going to school he always helped his father with the family farm. He was in the U.S. Army, enlisting in 1942, during WW II. During his enlistment he married Elsie Christians on July 17, 1943, at the Evangelical Reformed Church, Klemme. After an honorable discharge in November 1945, he returned home to farming. They moved in to Ventura in 1980. Bill enjoyed going to the elevator and drinking coffee with the guys. He loved playing cards and being with and watching his wife and sisters-in-law "the Harem" playing pinochle. He also enjoyed gardening and lawn work. Bill was a member of the Ventura United Methodist Church and the Clear Lake V.F.W.

Bill is survived by his wife, Elsie Wilson of Ventura; son, Gordon Wilson and his wife, Linda of Ventura; daughters, Loretta "Lori" Kishline of Clear Lake and Jo Ann Oulman and her husband, Michael of Garner; grandchildren, Bryan (Ashley) Wilson, John Kishline, Rebecca (Brad) Duckert, Bill (Belinda) Oulman and Angela (Phil) Parcher; great-grandchildren, Hannah Wilson, Samantha, Gavin, Tucker and Piper Duckert, Holden and Sadie Oulman, Luke, Carrigan and Wyatt Parcher; and several nieces and nephews. Bill was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Margaret (Margie) Walker, Mary Byerly and Marie Hamann; five brothers, Harold, Nile, Henry, George and Jim Wilson; and son-in-law, Burl "Bud" Kishline.