Malheur County OR Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, Richard 'Dick' Neal 2000
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Argus Observer, Ontario, Oregon, November 2, 2000
Argus Observer
Ontario, Oregon
Nov. 2, 2000

Richard 'Dick' Neal Wilson
Dec. 11, 1932-Oct. 31, 2000

Dick Wilson, 67, Boise, died Oct. 31, 2000 at his home. Memorial services will 
be 2 p.m. Friday at Summers Funeral Home, 1205 W. Bannock St. in Boise.

Dick was born Dec. 11, 1932 in Nyssa, Ore., to Barney and Edith Wilson. He 
graduated from Nyssa High School, and later the University of Arizona. He 
participated in many sports activities while growing up and throughout college. 
After college he played semi-professional baseball, and was drafted by some 
professional baseball teams. 

Dick served in the Army during the Korean War. After the war, he returned to 
Nyssa to work for the family grocery store chain, Wilson's Warehouse Markets, 
which was started in Nyssa in 1912. He later retired from the family business 
in 1985, while living in Nampa, Idaho.

Dick was instrumental in starting the little league program in Nyssa in the 
early 1960's. He enjoyed working with kids, and educating them through sports. 

Throughout his life, he was an avid fly fisherman. He enjoyed fishing in many 
western states including Alaska, where he went with his brother Phil. He has 
been a member of the Boise Valley Fly Fishing Federation for many years.

After retiring, Dick enjoyed gardening and lawn work around their house, with 
Billie, his wife of 12 years. He became a Master Gardner with the Ada County 
Extension Office, and volunteered his time helping people with their gardening 
problems.

Dick was well liked amongst the business associates, friends, family, and 
acquaintances through fishing and gardening, and his time with family business. 
He had a good sense of humor, and had the ability to make some of the most 
monotonous things in life comical. Through his satiric sense of humor, he built 
many life long friendships. He was a man of few words, but had much integrity. 
A simple man, whom simply enjoyed life for what it was.

Dick is survived by his wife Billie Berria-Wilson of Boise; a son, Rich Wilson 
of Nampa; stepson, Steve Pecora of Soap Lake, Wash., and a step-daughter, Jan 
Moffis of Lancaster, Ohio. Dick had 17 grandchildren.

Dick is preceded in death by his mother, Edith Wilson; father Barney Wilson; 
brother, Huston Wilson; brother Philip Wilson and his prized dog and close 
friend, Sammi.

The family requests no flowers, but suggests memorials to the Nyssa High School 
Athletics Program, 804 Adrian Blvd., Nyssa, OR, 97913.

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