Carol Sue (Fulks) WILSON

FULKS, WILSON, BARKER, BRANIGER, HOLGATE, COONS, HOLGATE, LAMPSON, GRANDON, SNYDER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/21/2015 at 20:06:56

August 6, 1943 --- March 14, 2015

Carol Sue (Fulks) Wilson, age 71, of Pleasantville, IA, died March 14, 2015 at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines, IA, of respiratory failure resulting from lung cancer. Carol was the first-born child of Harold U. Fulks and Mary E. (Barker) Fulks (both deceased) in Clarion, on August 6, 1943. She graduated from East High (Class of 61) in Waterloo, where she was a member of the Sextet and enjoyed singing before civic, social groups, and School events. Carol's last employer was BTI Trucking. Many drivers around the country will remember her as "The Dragon Lady”, dragging them in from the road to fix their logs. She enjoyed raising and showing Borzoi dogs and her Arabian horses. Carol gardened with a passion and gave back to the community throughout 20 years of being a Lioness.

She is survived by her husband David of Pleasantville; four children, Rory Braniger of Des Moines, IA; Christopher Braniger, wife Audrey of Seymour, MO; Laura (Holgate) Coons, husband Jay of Norwalk, IA; and Brian Holgate of Des Moines; several stepdaughters and stepsons; 19 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; her four brothers, Harold Fulks Jr. of Shell Rock, IA, Mike Fulks, wife Lorene of Waterloo, David Fulks, wife Kathy of Waterloo, Jim Fulks, wife Cyrenna of Waterloo; two sisters, Rachael (Fulks) Lampson, husband Charles of Shell Rock, Mary (Fulks) Grandon, husband Miles of Aplington, IA; in-laws, Jim and Nola Wilson of Milton, IA; brother-in-law, Brian Wilson, wife Shelly of Milton, IA; and two sisters-in-law, Julie Snyder of Bloomfield, IA, Deanna Wilson of Novato, CA; along with many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A service will be held at Willow Creek Baptist Church, 720 Army Post Road, West Des Moines, IA, on April 4, 2015, starting at 4 p.m., followed by a dinner. The Pleasantville Lions and Lioness will hold a benefit dinner for the family at the Pleasantville Methodist Family Center, 104 S. Columbus Street, Pleasantville, IA, from 3 to 5 p.m. on April 11, 2015, with a remembrance of Carol starting at 3 p.m. Carol was a Seventh Day Adventist, as is her husband David, and it is requested that there be no donations in Carol's name to a specific charity, rather it is hoped you express your love and charity daily.

Van Buren Register -- Keosauqua, Iowa
April 2, 2015