Dolores A. (Terpstra) Wilson
Born: September 21, 1928 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: February 10, 2005 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 217
Married: Avery Wilson on June 4, 1950 in Kellogg, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Scott, Dennis and Joy Lane
Parents: Leslie and Cecile McConeghey Terpstra
DOLORES A. WILSON
NEWTON. Dolores A. Wilson, 76, died February 10, 2005 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 14 at the United Presbyterian Church in Newton, with Rev. Don Freeman officiating. Burial will be at the Sugar Grove Cemetery in rural Newton.
Dolores was born September 21, 1928 in Newton, Iowa, to Leslie and Cecile (McConeghey) Terpstra. She graduated from Newton High School in 1947 and married Avery Wilson on June 4, 1950 in Kellogg, Iowa. She was a lifelong resident of Jasper County, living in Reasnor, Kellogg and Newton for 53 years.
Dolores retired in 1990 as Clerk of the Jasper County Treasurer's Office. She was Past Director at the Jasper County Historical Museum; a member of the United Presbyterian Church for 53 years; Past President of P.E.O. Chapter LC; a member of Questers (Gulielma Zollinger Chapter); a member of United Presbyterian Women; Past President of Soroptimist; PTA President; and a 4-H Club Leader.
Dolores was also a volunteer with First Step and active in her bridge club. She enjoyed traveling and had been to all 50 states, Europe and the Carribbean.
Dolores is survived by her husband, Avery of Newton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Dennis and Vanina Wilson of Essex Junction, VT, and Scott and Lisa Wilson of St. Louis, MO; daughter and son-in-law, Joy and Dean Lane of Newton; five grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Bill and Chris Terpstra of Exira and Daniel and Carolyn Terpstra of Altoona; and several aunts and uncles. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Friends may call from 12 to 5 p.m. Sunday, February 13 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton, where the family will greet friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Memorials to the United Presbyterian Church may be left at the funeral home or at the church on the morning of the service. ~ The Des Moines Register, published on February 13, 2005
She worked in a bank, as a church administrative assistant and as an administrative assistant and medical transcriptionist at Colorado State University. She enjoyed reading, playing checkers, doing crossword puzzles, watching musicals and singing. She attended First Baptist and First Christian churches in Fort Collins.
Margaret (Wilson) Leydens
Born: May 24, 1932 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: July 30, 2006 in Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado
Memorial Stone: Lot 217, plot 4
Married: Frank Leydens
Children: Linda, Marshall and Jon
Parents: Clarence and Mabel (Wert) Wilson
Obituary of Margaret M. Leydens
Fort Colins, Colo. -- Margaret Mae Leydens, 74, of Fort Collins, Colo., formerly of Newton, died Sunday, July 30, 2006.
A memorial service will be Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Allnutt Drake Chapel in Fort Collins, Colo.
Memorial contributions may be made to Wings of the Heart in care of Allnutt Drake Chapel, 650 W. Drake Road, Fort Collins, CO 80526. Online condolences may be made at www.allnut.com.
The daughter of Clarence and Mabel Wilson, she was born May 24, 1932, in Newton. She gradated from Newton Senior High School in 1950. She married Frank Leydens. They lived in Cheyenne, Wyo., Minneapolis, Minn., Cleveland, Ohio, Des Moines and Fort Collins, Colo.
She worked in a bank, as a church administrative assistant and as an administrative assistant and medical transcriptionist at Colorado State University. She enjoyed reading, playing checkers, doing crossword puzzles, watching musicals and singing. She attended First Baptist and First Christian churches in Fort Collins
Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jon A. and Lorella Leydens of Fort Collins and Marshall C. Leydens of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a daughter and son-in-law, Linda S. and Thomas Pixley of Fort Collins; seven grandchildren; and a brother, Avery Wilson of Newton.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister-in-law, Delores Wilson. ~ The Newton Daily News, August, 2006.
