Obit of Wilson Sr., Wayne Harold - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>    07 Feb 2010
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WAYNE HAROLD WILSON, SR.

Wayne was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on August 4, 1929, and went 
to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 4, 2007, at the age of 77. He 
was a real trooper up until the end fighting his cancer and 
complications from diabetes. His spirit will live on in all our 
hearts. He served in the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, 
Jr. while in the service, he met the love of his life Barbara in Fall 
River, Massachusetts. They married and moved to Fresno, California in 
1950. Shortly after that he went to work for the U.S. Postal Service 
and after 35 years of service he retired. Not long after that he got 
bored and went to work for the Fig Garden Post Office where he served 
as manager for about six years. Wayne will be greatly missed by his 
family as a loving father, grandpa and great-grandpa. He always had a 
positive outlook and was able to put a smile on everyone's face. He 
will truly be missed by all. Wayne was preceded in death by his 
loving wife Barbara Ann Wilson; and his sister, Billie Mills. Wayne 
leaves behind his daughter, Deborah Stokes and her husband Richard; 
his son, Wayne Wilson, Jr. and his wife Deanna; grandchildren, Wendy 
Slawinski, Heather Stokes, Travis Wilson, and Sean Wilson; great-
grandchildren, Mackenzie, Spencer and Mason. He is also survived by 
his brother, Donald Wilson of Yuma, Arizona; sisters, Wynetta Chick, 
of Oklahoma City, Fern Blankenship, of Oklahoma City, Edith Nelms, of 
Douglasville, Georgia, and Joy Cheuvront, of Oklahoma City, and 
numerous nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held at 
Northwest Church, 5415 N. West Avenue in Fresno on Monday, March 12, 
2007, at 10:30 a.m. NEPTUNE SOCIETY of Central CaliforniaCremation - 
Memorial Chapel(559)222-7764 (800)225-1604 #1332

Published in the Fresno Bee from 3/9/2007 - 3/16/2007.
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