Individual Details
James Orville Wilson
(2 Mar 1911 - 12 Nov 1992)
Frankfort Area News, November 24, 1992
J. O. "Orville" Wilson, 81, Frankfort, Kansas died Thursday, November 12, 1992, at the Frankfort Care Home.
Mr. Wilson farmed most of his life in the Nobel and Vermillion townships north of Vermillion in Marshall County.
He was born March 2, 1911, on a farm near Tarkio, Missouri, the son of Harry and Zula (Pursell) Wilson. The family later moved to Iowa, and he graduated from Memorial High School at Blanchard, Iowa in 1931.
Mr. Wilson was a member of the United Methodist Church, Frankfort, Kansas.
He was married to Maude P. Stelle on February 5, 1932, in Maryville, Missouri. She survives; a son, Edward L. Wilson, died August 31, 1992.
Other survivors include a son, Robert, R. Wilson, Waterloo, Iowa; a sister, Nancy Bayles, Hasting, Nebraska; a brother, Robert R. Wilson, Aurora, Colorado; six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 14, 1992 at Padden Funeral Chapel, Frankfort, Kansas with the Reverend Bruce Emmett officiating.
Lorene Shearer, accompanied by Ann Kelly sang "Old Rugged Cross" and "How Great Thou Art".
Pallbearers were Hank Sisk, Sonny Sisk, Bill Bramhall, Mike Bramhall, Roger Turnbull and Larry Hicks.
Burial was in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kansas.
J. O. "Orville" Wilson, 81, Frankfort, Kansas died Thursday, November 12, 1992, at the Frankfort Care Home.
Mr. Wilson farmed most of his life in the Nobel and Vermillion townships north of Vermillion in Marshall County.
He was born March 2, 1911, on a farm near Tarkio, Missouri, the son of Harry and Zula (Pursell) Wilson. The family later moved to Iowa, and he graduated from Memorial High School at Blanchard, Iowa in 1931.
Mr. Wilson was a member of the United Methodist Church, Frankfort, Kansas.
He was married to Maude P. Stelle on February 5, 1932, in Maryville, Missouri. She survives; a son, Edward L. Wilson, died August 31, 1992.
Other survivors include a son, Robert, R. Wilson, Waterloo, Iowa; a sister, Nancy Bayles, Hasting, Nebraska; a brother, Robert R. Wilson, Aurora, Colorado; six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 14, 1992 at Padden Funeral Chapel, Frankfort, Kansas with the Reverend Bruce Emmett officiating.
Lorene Shearer, accompanied by Ann Kelly sang "Old Rugged Cross" and "How Great Thou Art".
Pallbearers were Hank Sisk, Sonny Sisk, Bill Bramhall, Mike Bramhall, Roger Turnbull and Larry Hicks.
Burial was in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kansas.
Events
| Birth | 2 Mar 1911 | Tarkio, Atchison County, Missouri | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 14 Jan 1920 | (Harry J. Wilson and Zula May Pursell) Dale, Atchison County, Missouri |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 2 Apr 1930 | (Harry J. Wilson and Zula May Pursell) Colfax, Page County, Iowa | | | |
| Marriage | 5 Feb 1932 | Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri - Maude Pearl Steele | |||
| Death | 12 Nov 1992 | Frankfort, Marshall County, Kansas | |||
| Burial | Frankfort Cemetery, Marshall County, Kansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Maude Pearl Steele (1910 - 1997) |
| Child | Robert Russell Wilson (1939 - 1993) |
| Child | Edward Lee Wilson (1945 - 1992) |
| Father | Harry J. Wilson (1885 - 1955) |
| Mother | Zula May Pursell (1887 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Robert Richard Wilson (1919 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Nancy Carolyn Wilson (1922 - 2003) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Harry J WilsonHeadM34Missouri - FarmerLulu WilsonWifeF31Missouri
James O WilsonSonM8Missouri
Robert R WilsonSonM0Missouri
Census (family)-shared
Harry J WilsonHeadM44Missouri - FarmerZula WilsonWifeF42Missouri
Orville WilsonSonM19Missouri
Robert WilsonSonM10Missouri
Nancy WilsonDaughterF8Missouri
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WG-J64 : accessed 19 November 2017), Robert R Wilson in household of Harry J Wilson, Dale, Atchison, Missouri, United States; citing ED 23, sheet 6A, line 49, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 903; FHL microfilm 1,820,903..
2. "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMVD-8B1 : 8 December 2015), Harry J Wilson, 1930..
3. Find A Grave Memorial# 101079947.