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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271169
Title: John "Jack" R. Wilson
Date: 1/2/1930-11/28/2022
Inscription/Marks: 1/2/1930
Summary: Our beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather, John R. Wilson, passed peacefully November 28, 2022, in Bismarck, ND, a mere five weeks before his 93rd birthday. A memorial service was held December 14, 2022, at First Presbyterian Church, Bismarck. Interment was at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, ND. John R. “Jack” Wilson was born in Courtenay, ND, on January 2, 1930, to Glen and Marion Wilson. He spent his childhood years in Courtenay and later went on to Jamestown College. He met his soulmate, Shirley Lovell, when they were children in Courtenay, and they were married December 2, 1951. He then left for US Army service in Korea, returning in late 1953. Dad would have said this was a good time to end his story, as he would remind us that the next 70 years were just living life, and he was no different than anyone else. And live, he did, owning a business in Sharon, ND, having a lengthy career with Melroe, and serving on various boards and committees, while never losing sight of how blessed he was to be able to provide for his family. Dad enjoyed participating in the Masons, and then the Shrine as a Duster for several years. He proudly drove his 1930 Model A in many parades throughout the state. He was also a lifelong Presbyterian and never stopped wearing a suit and tie to church. In the mid-60’s, he fulfilled a lifelong dream of owning a farm, even though he was never a farmer. He and mom enjoyed more than two decades of retirement living, and for this, he was again grateful. After losing his partner in 2016, life slowed down as the afflictions of old age started catching up to him. His focus became his family and managing his health challenges. Dad was the kindest, most generous man, (often to a fault) we could have ever known. He knew more people and had more friends through-out the state than a politician. He often told me the worst thing about getting old was losing all your friends and relatives, making life sometimes lonely. Grateful to have shared in his journey of life are his two daughters, Kathy Wilson Mayer (Dan) and Rebecca Steckler; six grandchildren, John (Kara) Mayer, Jennifer Mayer Gronos, Matthew (Onika) Mayer, Elizabeth (Jody Gregory) Mayer, Kathryn (Lee) Mittelstadt, and Thomas (Keeley) Steckler; and, best of all, 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley; his only son, Robert; and his great-grandson, Jackson Mayer.
Red ID: FND_I_78656 Image ID: 557366 Image Notes: FND001 271169

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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