Individual Details
Eunice Rose ABEL
(26 Nov 1897 - 20 Oct 1994)
Events
Families
Spouse | Orville Bleuford WILSON (1898 - 1969) |
Child | Helen Louise WILSON (1921 - 1993) |
Notes
Death
Eunice Rose (Abel) Wilson, 96, of Eureka, a former resident of Danville for 83 years, died at 11:40 PM Thursday, Oct. 20, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She was born Nov. 25, 1897, in Decatur, the daughter of Anthony and Mary Kennedy Abel. She was married to Orville Wilson in October of 1919 in Covington, IN; he preceded her in death in 1969. Mrs. Wilson was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church, St. Elizabeth Auxiliary, Vermilion County Home Extension, and she was a Red Cross volunteer. Surviving is a son, James R. (Betty) Wilson of Washington, IL; a sister, Anna Shuman of Danville; five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four sisters, a brother; a daughter, Helen; and a son, Robert O. Wilson. Funeral services Oct. 24 at Barrick & Son Funeral Home, Msgr. C.B. Motsett officiating; burial Sunset Memorial Park.Danville Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois, October 22, 994
Endnotes
1. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXVH-H66 : 3 August 2022).
2. findagrave.com.