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🔵 Duane LaVerne Wilson

Age: 60y, 3m, 1d

Son of Fletcher Maxwell Wilson and Beatrice Margaret Metzger

📆 Events

  • Birth
    Date: 19 APR 1945, Age:
    Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
  • Residence
    Date: 07 APR 1950, Age: 4y, 11m, 18d
    Place: Wyoming, Kent, Michigan, USA
  • Death
    Date: 20 JUL 2005, Age: 60y, 3m, 1d
    Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
  • Burial
    Date:
    Place: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Cascade, Kent, Michigan, USA

👩‍❤️‍👨 Relationships

🟣 Martha Arlene Postma, b. 18 FEB 1944

Events

  • Marriage
    Date: 27 MAR 1964, Age: 18y, 11m, 8d
    Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

Children With Martha Arlene Postma

📝 Notes

Duane changed his last name from Peterson to Wilson, after his step father, when he married Martha.

I believe that Duane is the biological son of Fletcher Wilson based on DNA matches between Duane's grandchildren and other descendants of Joseph, Fletcher's father.

📰 Event Sources

Residence, 07 APR 1950

  • 1950 US Census

Name: Duane L Peterson
Age: 4
Birth Date: abt 1946
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Michigan
Marital Status: Never Married (Single)
Relation to Head of House: Stepson (Step Son)
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Wyoming, Kent, Michigan, USA
Street Name: Longstreet Ave
House Number: 2705
Dwelling Number: 96
Farm: No

Household members:
Fletcher M Wilson, 36, Head
Beatrice M Wilson, 27, Wife
William D Wilson, 12, Son
Marvin J Wilson, 10, Son
Judith A Wilson, 9, Daughter
Duane L Peterson, 4, Stepson

Death, 20 JUL 2005

  • MLive

DUANE WILSON OBITUARY

WILSON - Mr. Duane LaVerne Wilson Sr., age 60, passed away suddenly Wednesday, July 20, 2005. Duane was preceded in death by his son, Duane LaVerne Wilson Jr., father, Fletcher and his brother, Marvin. He will be deeply missed by his wife of 41 years, Martha as well as his children, Kelly (Larry) Barton, Kim (Chad) Zylstra, Karrie (Jeff) Miller and Keith Wilson; grandchildren, Larry Jr., Kristopher, Rick, Nicole, Jonathan, Mike, Matt, Casey, Tasha, Andrea and Ryan; mother, Beatrice Wilson; brother and sisters, Bill (Judy) Wilson, Judy Jeske and Bea (Dennis) Hartley; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law and his aunt, uncle, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at the Cook Memorial Chapel (east building), 4235 Prairie SW. Interment services will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Relatives and friends may meet Duane's family on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Cook Funeral Home (west building). Those unable to attend the visitation or funeral service may sign the family's Memory Book at www.cookfuneralhome.com.

  • U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Name: Duane L. Wilson
Social Security Number: XXX-XX-XXXX
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1945
Issue year: 1961-1962
Issue State: Michigan
Death Date: 20 Jul 2005

Burial

  • Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens

Wilson, Duane L.
b: 1945; d: 2005

Marriage, 27 MAR 1964

  • Kent County Marriage Records
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