Velma K. Wilson, 92, of Decatur, IL passed away at 10:52 a.m. on Saturday (Nov. 6, 2010) at St. Mary’s Hospital.
A service to celebrate Velma’s life will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 10, 2010) at Dawson & Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home. Visitation will be two hours prior to services. Burial will be in Point Pleasant Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Salvation Army. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.dawson-wikoff.com.
Mrs. Wilson was born on November 26, 1917 in Decatur, IL, the daughter of Joseph E. and Carrie (Francis) Fisher. She worked for the ammunition plant in Illiopolis during WWII, she later worked at General Electric then retired from Kelly Potato Chip Factory in Decatur, IL. Velma was of the Nazarene faith and was affiliated with the Salvation Army. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She married Gerald W. Wilson on February 14, 1935. He preceded her in death on September 5, 1981.
Surviving are her children: Don (Thelma) Wilson of Maroa, IL, Patty (LeRoy) Martin of Decatur, IL; brother: Bill Fisher of Sevierville, TN; fourteen grandchildren; many great grandchildren, step-great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; sister-in-law and good friend: Norma Fisher of Decatur, IL.
Velma was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sons, one daughter, two grandchildren, two great grandchildren, three sisters and one brother.
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| Louise & Harold Schmitt |
Dear folks: |
November 11, 2010 |
we wish to send the family our sympathy. We thought so much of Velma. She always had a smile and was always willing to work, whatever we might ask her to do. That's a valuable volunteer and we are glad we were able to get to know her. God Bless You, Louise & Harold Dean Schmitt
| Greg and Patricia Wilson |
To: Grandma |
November 9, 2010 |
In my up bringing of memories
I see you standing there
An angel in disguise
Who taught me how to care
I long to hear your voice
for real not in my dreams
I am missing you so much these days
how empty my world seems
People say time heals all wounds
that someday the pain will subside
But Grandma I can tell you
I think they must have lied
The emptiness I am feeling now
is strong but I will be OK
These days go by without you
so deary and so bleak
In my up bringing of memories
I know you'll always be
for though your're gone
from this mortal world
In my heart you'll always be
If we could bring you back again,
For one more hour or day,
We’d express all our unspoken love;
We’d have countless things to say.
If we could bring you back again,
We’d say we treasured you,
And that your presence in our lives
Meant more than we ever knew.
If we could bring you back again,
To tell you what we should,
You’d know how much we miss you now,
And if we could, we would.
| Hendrick Polanco |
My deepest condolences |
November 9, 2010 |
My deepest condolences. May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...
John 11:32-45
32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”
38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.” 40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44 The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;
Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage
http://www.watchtower.org/e/200809/article_01.htm
| Hendrick Polanco |
My deepest condolences |
November 9, 2010 |
| Dan and Julie Dexter |
Deepest Sympathy |
November 8, 2010 |
Vicki, Marybeth, Kyle, Tina (and Families) -
Just a note to let you know how sorry we are to hear of Grandma Wilson's passing. I have such fond memories of her from growing up...even when she was scolding us for messing around in her cactus garden! :)
I hope you find comfort that her warm smile touched so many lives in her long life.
-Dan and Julie Dexter
