|
| |
|
Leonard Lee Jr. Wilson © Enid News and Eagle 09-13-2007 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
Lee Wilson was born June 14, 1920, in Enid, OK the son of Leonard and Inez Darling Wilson. He died the evening of Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, at The Commons United Methodist Health Care Center, Enid, OK.
Lee attended school in Enid and Watonga before graduating from North High School in Wichita, KS.
Lee and Levina Mae Paulding were married Oct. 13, 1939, in Wichita. She died July 17, 2007.
Lee worked for Beech Aircraft as they made their first home in Wichita. He had a private pilot’s license before he enlisted to serve in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, from 1944 to 1945. After the war, he returned to Beech Aircraft, designing, testing, patenting and innovating personal safety harness systems for aircraft.
They moved to southern California in 1950 where Lee worked for Century Engineering, designing and manufacturing new and advanced missile aerodynamic systems before starting his own machining company. In 1957 the business was sold, and the family settled in Hollister, CA. Lee held various management positions with McCormick-Selph Associates before launching his own companies: L. Lee Wilson Engineering, Wilson Weather Control Materials Inc., and Meteorological Operations Inc. These companies developed and tested new materials and systems for weather modification or atmospheric research.
Lee and Levina semi retired to his parents’ farm south of Kremlin in 1973. Lee enjoyed driving buses for Kremlin High School and Autry Vocational Education Center for several years before retiring. They finally moved to Kremlin to make their home in 1991. Lee was an active member of Kremlin Community United Methodist Church. He was also a 32nd Degree Free Mason and perpetual member of the Kremlin Masonic Lodge which merged with the Pond Creek AF and AM 125 Masonic Lodge. He was a member of Enid Shrine Club.
Survivors are: brother, Clarence Howard Wilson of Webb City, MO; sister, Mrs. John (Mildred Ann) Winters of Tempe, AZ; five sons, Everett L. and his wife Janet of San Jose, CA, Melvin J. and his partner Nathan L. Linsk of Oak Park, IL, Loren L. and his wife Susan J. of Kailua, Hawaii, Darrell E. Wilson and his wife Gloria of Fort Bragg, CA, and Claude L. and his wife Pamela A. of Hollister, CA; 10 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
His wife Levina, a sister Inez Faye Gibson, and his parents preceded him in death.
Leonard Lee Wilson’s funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, 2007, at Kremlin Community United Methodist Church with Pastor Debbie Hobson officiating. Interment will follow in Kremlin Cemetery under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Circle of Love, Enid, OK or Kremlin Community United Methodist Church in care of Wilson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 478, Pond Creek, OK 73766.
Levina Paulding Wilson © Enid Morning News and Eagle 09-22-2007 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
Funeral services for Levina Wilson were held Monday, July 23, 2007, at the Kremlin Community United Methodist Church, conducted by Pastor Debbie Hobson. Burial followed in Kremlin Cemetery under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek.
Levina Paulding was born at Haviland, Ohio, the daughter of Samuel & Jessie Marguerite Michael Paulding and passed away at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, in Enid, OK.
She graduated from North High School, Wichita, KS and attended Dauge Business College in 1939.
On October 13, 1939, she married Leonard Lee Wilson Jr. in Wichita. They moved to Southern California in 1950 and settled in Hollister, CA, in 1957. They moved to a farm south of Kremlin in the early 1970's and to Kremlin to make their home in 1991.
Levina was a member of Kremlin Community United Methodist Church, UMW, Enid Ruth Chapter #447 Eastern Star and Charter member of Creative Home Arts Club. She was church accompanist for piano & organ; also served on several church boards. She was an office administrator and bookkeeper for Kremlin School. She also worked as an office administrator in several offices in California.
She is survived by her husband, Leonard Lee Wilson, Kremlin, OK, five sons; Everett L. Wilson and his wife Janet, San Jose, CA, Melvin J. Wilson and Nathan L. Linsh, Oak Park, IL, Loren L. Wilson and wife Susan J., Kailua, HI, Darrell E. Wilson and wife Gloria J., Fort Bragg, CA, Claude L. Wilson and wife Pamela A., Hollister, CA, grandchildren: Kimberly A. Egger, Jennifer L. Penich, Adam J. Wilson, Andrea L. Farley, Alyssa L. Wilson, Trevor E. Wilson, Cynthia A. Wilson, Joshua B. Wilson, Jacob S. Wilson, Jeffrey L. Wilson and eleven great-grandchildren.
Her parents preceded her in death.
|Kremlin Cemetery Page| |Garfield County Cemetery Page| |Home|
This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma CemeteriesThe information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.