ObituariesSeptember 4, 1998

WITTENBERG -- Woodrow Wilson, 82, of Wittenberg died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 1, 1915, at Sandy Island, son of William and Nettie Berry Wilson. He and Rosella Turner were married Dec. 13, 1941...

WITTENBERG -- Woodrow Wilson, 82, of Wittenberg died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Nov. 1, 1915, at Sandy Island, son of William and Nettie Berry Wilson. He and Rosella Turner were married Dec. 13, 1941.

Wilson was a retired construction worker and member of VFW Post 4282. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

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Survivors include his wife; a son, Roy Wilson of Wittenberg; a daughter, Barbara Simpson of Wittenberg; two grandchildren; two great-grandsons; and a step-grandson.

He was preceded in death by 12 brothers and sisters.

Friends may call at Young and Sons East Perry Chapel in Altenburg from 5 to 9 p.m. today, and Saturday from 6:30 to noon.

Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Walker Hill Cemetery in Grand Tower, Ill. The Rev. Larry Gray will officiate.

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