NWA Capt. Gilman Roger Wilson

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

NWA Capt. Gilman Roger Wilson

February 7, 1922 - January 28, 2021

 

Notification with the passing of RNPA member retired Northwest pilot Capt. Gilman Roger Wilson, age 98.  Captain Wilson joined Northwest Airlines in 1957 as is noted in his obituary below.  Widowed in February 2015, Captain Wilson is survived by his grand- and great grandchildren.

To view his obituary online please visit

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/wcfcourier/name/gilman-wilson-obituary?pid=197675588

Captain Wilson had most recently resided in Arizona:  18170 N 91st Ave Apt 2134, Peoria, AZ 85382.

Thank you,

~ Carol for the PCN 

 

Obituary :  Gilman R. Wilson

Gilman R. Wilson, 98, of Peoria, AZ, formerly of Waterloo, died Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Senita Ridge Assisted Living. He was born February 7, 1922, in Waterloo, son of Arthur V. and Ella Drews Wilson. Gilman graduated from La Porte City High School in 1940. He received his pilot training at Livingston Field in Waterloo and pilot instructor training at Randolph Field in San Antonio, TX. Gilman married Beverly A. Wood on December 28, 1952 in Minneapolis, MN. She died February 2, 2015. He worked for Northwest Airlines as a pilot from 1957 until his retirement in 1982, logging in over 23,600 flight hours. He was an avid aviator and always looked forward to sharing his flying stories with his grandson and nephew, Tim Anton of Phoenix.

 

He is survived by two grandsons, Gary (Jyoti) Watters of Madison‚ WI, and Gilman L. (Shelly) Watters of Phoenix, AZ; three great-grandchildren, Joshua, Abigail, and Foster; daughter-in-law, Marsha Watters of Phoenix; and one sister, Jean (Charles) Kromer of Waverly.

 

He is preceded in death by his wife, Beverly; two brothers, Truman Wilson and Elliot Wilson; one sister, Joan Ringdahl and step-mother, Geraldine Ronk Wilson.

 

Family services will be held with burial in Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials to the family. Visit www.LockeFuneralHome.com  for more.

Published by Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier on Feb. 7, 2021.

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Beverly Alice Wilson  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142648096/beverly-alice-wilson

BIRTH :  8 Feb 1921, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA

DEATH  :  2 Feb 2015 (aged 93), Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

BURIAL  :  Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

Beverly Alice Wilson, of Scottsdale, Arizona, passed away February 2, 2015 at the age of 93.

She was born February 8, 1921 in Waterloo, Iowa.

She was preceded by her son Gary Watters Sr.

She is survived by her husband Gilman Wilson, daughter-in-law Marsha Watters, grandson Gary Watters, his wife Jyoti Watters and great-grandchildren Joshua and Abigail, and grandson Gilman Watters, his wife Shelly Watters and great-grandchild Foster.