March 28, 2024

Mary Wilson

Jan. 10, 2015

Mary Wilson, 89, of Newton, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at Winterset North Nursing Home in Winterset. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association may be left at the funeral home.

Mary, the daughter of Samuel and Martha (Jones) Rutherford, was born on Dec. 3, 1925, in Grinnell. Her family moved to Newton, when Mary was a senior and she graduated from Newton High School. Mary was united in marriage with Alfred Wilson on Dec. 24, 1949, in Newton. They were blessed with three children, Cindy, Todd and Rod. Mary liked to crochet and knit, but most of all spend time with her children and grandchildren.

Those left to honor Mary’s memory are her children, Cindy (Ed) White of Clive, Todd Wilson of Dubuque, and Rod Wilson (Phyllis Wilson) of New Boston, Texas; seven grandchildren, Crystal (Chad) Rhoads, Joseph (Jill) White, Aaron Wilson, Heather (Brian) Hicks, Lindsay Wilson, Joshua (Helen) Wilson and Sarah Wilson; and her five great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Madelaine, Tahkmina, Keiarra and Alayzha.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Alfred R. Wilson, Jr.; and three sisters, Jeannette, Virginia and Joanne.