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Leonard J Wilson

Male 1912 - 2002  (90 years)


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  • Name Leonard J Wilson 
    Born 7 Jul 1912  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Oct 2002  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried West Lawn Memorial Gardens, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15350  Rossville
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2018 

    Father James A Wilson 
    Mother Bertha Mae Cartmill Wilson 
    Family ID F6931  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Blanche Coon Wilson 
    Married 1937  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorced YES 
    Children 
     1. Midge Wilson Stalnaker
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2018 16:58:59 
    Family ID F3804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Violet Arlene Neeley Wilson Hause,   b. 8 Jul 1926, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1999, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 1945  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorced YES 
    Children 
    +1. Richard E Wilson,   b. 10 Jun 1948, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 2014, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. Marvin James Wilson
     3. Marilyn J Wilson Holloway
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2018 13:08:18 
    Family ID F3803  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Freeda Marie James Martin Vega Wilson,   b. 3 Dec 1925, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 2003, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 2 Dec 1964  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2018 16:57:40 
    Family ID F3805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - West Lawn Memorial Gardens, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Wilson, Leonard
    Obituary- Wilson, Leonard
    Leonard Wilson
    Leonard J. Wilson, 90, Topeka, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002, at a Topeka care center.
    Mr. Wilson farmed in the Auburn area from 1947 to 2000. He also was a custom harvester during 1945 and 1946 and was a self-employed truck driver. He also had worked for Capitol City Concrete.
    He was born July 7,1912, at Topeka, the son of James A. and Bertha Mae Cartmill Wilson. He had lived in Topeka his entire life.
    Mr. Wilson was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church.
    He married Blanche Coon in 1937 in Topeka. They were divorced. He married Violet Neeley in 1945 in Topeka. They were divorced. He married Freeda Marie James on Dec. 2,1964, in Topeka. She survives.
    Survivors also include two sons, Jim Wilson, Lebanon, Mo., and Dick Wilson, Topeka; two daughters, Midge Stalnaker, El Paso, Texas, and Marilyn Holloway, Topeka; a stepson, Jim Vega, Topeka; two stepdaughters, Kathy Jackson, Topeka, and Amy Wadi, Cincinnati; a brother, Ralph Wilson, Topeka; a sister, Rosie Read, Topeka; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First Southern Baptist Church, Topeka. Burial will be in West Lawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Wilson will lie in state from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday at Davidson Funeral Home, where visitation will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
    The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Association, sent in care of Davidson Funeral Home, 1035 N. Kansas Ave., Topeka, 66608.