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WILSON, Douglas Edward (67436)

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Birth

  • Born on December 26, 1922 in Indian Head, Regina Census Division, SK

Death

  • Died on February 19, 2006 in Sullivan Co., NH
  • Buried in Cremated

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  • Occupation: Farm Labourer/ Service Engineer Joy Manufacturing
  • Military Service: WW2 US Army
  • Obituary: Douglas Edward Wilson, 83, of Newport, NH, died Sunday February 19, 2006 at his home after a long illness. He was born in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada on December 26, 1922 the son of Amos Frank and Viola Ruth (Langille) Wilson and had resided in Newport most of his life. He also wintered in Ft Meyers, FL for several years. Mr. Wilson was a veteran of World War II having served in the US Army in the Asiatic Pacific Theater with the 1117th Military Police. He retired from Joy Manufacturing Company where he worked as a service engineer/trouble shooter for forty-one years in the mining and construction division. His many hobbies included woodworking, fishing, reading, landscaping, camping, traveling and collecting books on the presidents. He enjoyed nature and being out of doors. He was a member of the VFW Post 808 in Claremont and the American Legion Post of Newport. The surviving family included his loving wife and best friend, Natalie (Lasky) Wilson, of Newport, whom he married on Apr. 10, 1949; three daughters, Jeanne Orrok and her husband, James of Mountain Home, AR, Dorothy Maynard and her husband Lewis of Newport, and Paula Wilson of Newport; three granddaughters, Nicole Huff, Stephenie Fraser and Candace Maynard and one grandson, Stephen Huff; one great-grandson, Joshua Fraser; two step-grandchildren, Kimberley Bentley and Kristen West; four step-great-grandchildren, Justin Dashner, Aidan Bentley, Kaytlynn Kenney and Samantha West; two brothers, Harold Wilson of Newport and David Wilson of Ft. Meyers, FL; three sisters, Laura Chamberlain of Claremont, Edna DiPardo of Ormond Beach, FL and Pauline Richards of Laconia, numerous nieces and nephews and his special dog, Willy. He was preceded in death by five brothers, Donald, Ralph, Norman, Aubrey and Charles and by one sister, Margaret.

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