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Wilmer Ross Wilson

Male 1912 - 1999  (86 years)


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  • Name Wilmer Ross Wilson 
    Born 29 Jul 1912  Holton, Jackson Co, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Jun 1999  Topeka, Shawnee Co, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I24297  A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2015 

    Family Living 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F9958  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • [[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_19990625/ai_n11720648
      Wilmer R. Wilson
      Published The Topeka Capital-Journal, Jun 25, 1999
      HOLTON -- Wilmer Ross "Hack" Wilson, 86, Goff, formerly of Holton, died Sunday, June 20, 1999, at a hospital in Topeka.
      He was born July 29, 1912, in Holton, to Ross Frank and Elizabeth Nelson Wilson, and he spent most of his life in the Holton community. He was a farmer, and later he worked as a carpenter and a painter. He became an auctioneer in 1964 and owned and operated White Barn Antiques in Holton before the building burned in 1989.
      He married Edith I. Thornton Sept. 9, 1935, in Holton. They were divorced. A granddaughter, Terry Stewart, died in 1958. Survivors include sons, Willard D. "Willy" Wilson and Wilbur Gene Wilson, both in Holton; daughters, Rowena Horr, Topeka, and Anita Eby, Mayetta; sisters, Rosie Larrison and Hazel Young, both in Holton; 15 grandchildren; two foster grandchildren; 18 great- grandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren and a great-great- granddaughter. Mr. Wilson was cremated. Graveside memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Holton Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Kansas Dialysis Services and sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home in Holton.