Harry Wilson
Birth: 18 Mar 1894; Death: 6 Dec 1975; Burial: 10 Feb 1975; Nativity: Wilsonville, Oregon
Location: Lot 15, Plot 6 (block A)
Ledger Notes:
Veteran Age: 81 Yrs., 8 Mos., 8 Days
General Notes:
World War I Veteran, 9th Field Signal Battalion, 5th Infantry Division, served in France
Family Contribution: Youngest child of Charles and Fredericka Wilson. He died Dec. 6, 1975 in Vancouver, WA. Brother of William, Lawrence, Charles ("Fritz"), Fred, Nellie Wilson Smith (Glover), "Lizzie" Louisa Boston, Matilda Voss and step-brother to Bertha Hasslebrink, all buried in this cemetery. His other sisters are Anna Hess, Rose Thompson, Mary Roy and Amelia Gosser buried in other places.
Obituary:
Obituary: Skamania County Pioneer, Dec. 12, 1975
Harry Wilson, WWI Veteran, Succumbs at 81
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Harry Wilson, World War I veteran and longtime resident of the Mill A-Cook area, who died in a Vancouver hospital Saturday, December 6 at the age of 81.
Mr. Wilson was born March 18, 1894 in Wilsonville, Oregon, the son of pioneers Charles and Fredricka Kurtz Wilson who had founded the town and for whom it was named. Charles Wilson ran a general store, was postmaster and served as mayor of Wilsonville, located near Portland in the Willamette Valley.
Harry Wilson grew up in Wilsonville and served in France during World War I with the 9th Field Signal Battalion, attached to the 5th Infantry Division. In 1919 he and his wife Edith moved to the Mill A area and later to Cook. During the 1930's he served as a tractor driver and supervisor with the Civilian Conservation Corps and later was a Skamania County employee until his retirement. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Masonic Lodge 187 of Carson and was active in the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and World War I Barracks.
He is survived by his wife Edith of Boise, Idaho; four daughters, Mrs. Patricia DeWalt of White Salmon, Wanda Clifford of Boise, Harriet Bone of Huntington, Oregon and Floradele Wykle of Denver, Colorado. Also surviving is one sister, Mary Roy of Portland. There are 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Gardner's Funeral Home in White Salmon with the Rev. Fred Haag officiating. Interment followed at the Pleasant View Cemetery in Sherwood, Oregon. Serving as honora5ry casket bearers were Irwin E. Brock, Cecil Nichols, Eric Kuehl, Fred Nielsen, Walter Hockinson and Sid Ostroski.
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