Wahkiakum County Eagle-December 13, 1973-Page 3

J. IVAN WILSON
  
  J. Ivan Wilson, retired from U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, passed away in 
Phoenix, Ariz., December 1.  Wilson was born in Sidney, Neb., June 20, 1890.  
He attended grade and high school and took higher accounting at St. Thomas 
Military Academy, St. Paul, Minn.  He was employed as assistant cashier at 
Dewey County Bank, Isabel, S. D., and operated his own bank in Skamokawa from 
1922 to 1934.  He spent 25 years with the Army Corp of Engineers before 
retiring.
  Surviving is his wife, Maude in Phoenix; two daughters, Ruth W. McGill, 
Seattle; Gratia Martin, Manitou Springs, Colo; also a brother, Del Sexton, 
Los Angeles.
  Wilson was a member of Shrine “Al Kadar” Temple No. 12566, Portland; 
Scottish Rite, Phoenix; and Kelso Lodge No. 94, F & AM, Kelso.


Burial place unknown
20 Jun 1890- Dec 01, 1973
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2010 from original 
newspaper collection.)