Jeanette Catherine Wilson

Jeanette Catherine Wilson WAPELLO, Iowa - Jeanette Catherine Wilson, 86, Wapello, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at the Wapello Nursing amp; Rehab Center. Funeral Service will be 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home, Wapello. The Rev. Dean Graber will officiate. Burial will take place in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis. Visitation will be from noon until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at the funeral home, where family will meet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. A memorial fund has been established for the benefit of the Keck Memorial Library in Wapello and the Wapello Community Ambulance Service. Jeanette was born on July 20, 1923, the daughter of Frank Richard and Catherine Elizabeth Gerbling Wells, in Burlington. She married Fred Wilson Jr. on November 15, 1942, in Burlington. He preceded her in death on December 25, 1990. She graduated from Burlington High School in 1941 and attended Burlington Community College. She worked as a bookkeeper for the Mediapolis Grain Elevator and with her husband owned and operated restaurants in Winfield, Grandview and Wapello. She then was a bookkeeper for E. Herm Gremmel Wholesale in M...[more]

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atine. She was of the Presbyterian faith and had taught Sunday School. She was a 4-H leader and a member of the VFW Auxiliary at Winfield. She was an avid Cubs fan. She will always be remembered for her warm smile and friendship and for always being there for everyone. She will be truly missed by all her friends in Southeastern Iowa. She was loved deeply by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her family includes a son, Fred Wilson, III and wife, Pat, of Prescott Valley, Arizona; two daughters, Ann Van Auken and husband, Mark, of Fruitland and Cathy Stelzner and husband, Craig, of Arnold, Missouri; 10 grandchildren, Eric Wilson, Lisa Wilson, Scott Wilson and wife, Elisabeth, Chris Wilson, Steven Wilson and wife, Mary, Shawn Allen and husband, George, Susanne Stelzner, Jennifer Stelzner, Jon Van Auken, and Jason Van Auken; six great-grandchildren, Aubrae' Wilson, Kolton Neill, Brandon Gonzales, Annabelle Van Auken, Braedyn Van Auken, and Madisen Stelzner; a brother, Richard Wells and wife, Sharon, of Burlington; a sister, Margie Cline and husband, Lee, of New London; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins and their families, including a special cousin, Judy Beik and husband, Dale, and their family of Wapello. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Fred; a sister; a brother; a great-grandson; and three nephews.