Peru Daily Tribune[PARA] April 28, 1999
Grace C. 'Granny' Wilson, 77, Route 1, Denver[PARA]Grace C. 'Granny'
Wilson,
77, Route 1, Denver, died at 12:58 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, 1999, in St.
Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Kokomo. [PARA]She was born Oct. 8, 1921, in
Peru, the daughter of William and Inez Davis Guempelein. [PARA]She married
Lewis H. Wilson on July 25, 1948. He preceded her in death on Aug. 17, 1990.
[PARA]She worked in the Miami County Clerk's office until her retirement.
She was a 1942 graduate of Peru High School. She was a member of First
Christian Church, Peru, Dukes Hospital Auxiliary, Miller's Merry Manor
Auxiliary and Miami County Historical Society. [PARA]Surviving are two sons,
John W. Wilson, Chili, and Lewis Paul Wilson, Bunker Hill; one daughter,
Cynthia Hargis, west Terre Haute; one sister, Norma Edson, Franklin; and two
grandchildren, G. Wayne Wilson and Neil Hargis. [PARA]Funeral services will
be 2 p.m. Thursday at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, 105 W. Third St., with the
Rev. George McCarty officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery,
Peru. [PARA]Visitation will be one hour prior to services Thursday at the
funeral home. [PARA]