MRS. LENA H. WILSON

Mrs. Lena Helen (Fink) Wilson, 94, of 1422 S. 30th, Kansas City, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 24, 1978, at the home.

She was born in Manning, Iowa, in 1884, and had lived in Kansas City, Kansas, 20 years. She married Fred Lewis Wilson (11/1/1860 - 12/15/1939) on January 6, 1902, and over 23 years, they had 12 children.

She leaves five sons, Charles S. Wilson, Osborne, Missouri; Joseph Wilson, Gardner in Johnson County; Henry Wilson, Holt in Clay County; John R. Wilson, Independence, Missouri; and Louis F. Wilson, Cameron, Missouri; five daughters, Mrs. Nora Burwell and Mrs. Aletha Clark of 4223 Windsor; Mrs. Anna Hunter, Evergreen, Colorado; Mrs. Jennie Russell of the home, and Mrs. Ruth Reynolds, Ottawa, Kansas; two brothers, Henry Fink, Port Angeles, Washington, and Roy Fink, Orting, Washington; four sisters, Mrs. Emma Stowell and Mrs. Alice Moore of Chehalis, Washington; Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, Tacoma, Washington; and Mrs. Etta Shirey, California; 24 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Maple Hill Chapel; burial in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the chapel.


Note: Lena's mother's name is spelled Finck in one source.