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AGED MAGNA MAN DIES IN HOSPITALGi orge Wilson, 79, of 2957 South Spencer avenue. Magna, died gMonday at 5:45 p. m. in a Salt Lake hospital.H* was born May 29. 1862. at R Nedale. Yorkshire, England, a »n of Joseph and Hannah Eliza-b* 1h Thomas Wilson. He came to the Tinted States as a convert to t: «• LDS church.H* first resided in Spanish Fork where he was employed for 30 years in the hardware departin' nt rf the Spanish Fork Co-op. In 1918, he moved to Moore, Idaho where he engaged in farming, and ;n 1926 he moved to Magna.Active in civic and church af-hors. fu* was a high priest in the FUasant Green LDS ward and a hile in Idaho was a high coun-si 'or in the Lost River stake Hi married Mary J. A. Menzie December 31. 1885, in New Zealand. and she died October 8, l'l in Spanish Fork. On May 1902. he married Mary Ann Pitman in Salt Lake City.Surviving are his widow; four daughters, Mrs. Ruby Russell of Mu.na; Mrs. Margaret Jenkins h1 Mrs. Ruth Vander Vlies of (gd. n and Mrs. Ethel Kerr of 1 *aho Falls, Idaho; five sons, Har-ki Wilson of Salt Lake City; J. G Wilson of Blackfoot, Idaho; William T. Wilson of Pocatello, Idaho; Earl Wilson of Magna and James Q. Wilson of Montebello. California; three stepdaughters. Mrs. Alice Nielson of Spanish Fork, Mrs. Ellen Harris of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Mary Hayes Birch of Rigby. Idaho; 30 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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The Magna Times
Magna, Utah, US
Fri, Feb 13, 1942
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