Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, Jewell April 28, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com March 28, 2006, 12:50 am The Dalles Chronicle, May 4, 2004 Jewel Wilson, 83, a resident of The Dalles, died Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at a local care facility. She was born June 4, 1920 in Creston, N.C., the third of 15 children to Emmett and Dessie (Johnson) Wilson. She grew up in North Carolina and married Ernest A. Wilson in Tennessee in 1941. They moved to Oregon later that same year and settled in Antelope where they herded sheep until moving to The Dalles in the mid-1950s. She was a homemaker and treasured the time she spent caring for her family. She enjoyed camping and traveling. Survivors include her husband Ernest of The Dalles, and her daughter and son-in-law Sharon and Sean Kennedy of The Dalles. Also surviving are her brothers and sisters; John Wilson of The Dalles, Carl Wilson of Albany, Max Wilson of Delaware, Joe Wilson of North Carolina, Wanda Lewis of Las Vegas, Nev., Ruth Maye and Joanne Maze of Tenn., grandchildren Aimee and her husband Brian Thompson and Jordyn Kennedy of The Dalles. She was preceded in death by seven siblings. Services in celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, May 8, 2004 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Fireside Room of the Civic Auditorium in The Dalles. Memorial contributions may be made to the Columbia Basin Care Foundation, 1015 Webber Street, The Dalles, OR 97058. Arrangements are by Columbia Cremation and Burial. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/w/wilson634gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb