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Ella D. Wilson NORFOLK - Ella D. Wilson, 60, of Pequea, Pa., passed away peacefully on Friday, May 7, 2010 surrounded by her loving family at the Essa Flory Hospice Center in Lancaster after a courageous and lengthy battle with multiple sclerosis. Born Oct. 10, 1949 in Norfolk, she was the daughter of the late H. Vernon and Lessie Midgett Davis. In 1976, she married Elwood R. Wilson. In addition to her husband, she will be lovingly missed by two sons, Ian K. Wilson, serving with the U.S. Air Force, M. Dane Wilson, husband of Erika, of Safe Harbor and a sister, Laverne Parker, of North Carolina. Ella taught third grade at Martic Elementary School in the Penn Manor School District until 1992 and also taught preschool at Mount Nebo United Methodist Church in Pequea. The funeral and interment will be private and at the convenience of the family. Memorial remembrances can be made in Ella's memory to Hospice of Lancaster County. The Andrew T. Scheid Funeral Home, 320 Blue Rock Road, Millersville, Pa., (717) 872-2266 is honored to serve the Wilson family. For online condolences, directions or other information, you are welcome to visit our website at: www.scheidfuneralhome. com.

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Published by The Virginian-Pilot on May 11, 2010.

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