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Wilson Leary III

Wilson Leary Obituary

Wilson M. Leary III May 3, 1966 - Sept. 15, 2006 You are my shooting star, you left me as you entered, brillant, bright, and beautiful yet gone too soon. Much love and peace to you Wilson, from family and friends. Love, Shirlynn

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Published by Austin American-Statesman on Sep. 23, 2006.

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Wilson in our back yard in battle :)

Ron Davis

January 13, 2016

Sabernier

December 31, 2014

Twice as bright, half as long

October 2, 2014

I met Butch in 1986.
He inspired everyone around him to be clever creative and curious.
We lost touch years ago but something caused me to think of him.
His circle of influence was large.
Hugs to you who are without him.
Jill Kayser

Kelly McGee-Kaminski

June 26, 2014

I knew Butch from high school. He was always a dreamer and loved to go to the state park where we would just hang out and dream and talk about the future. I always knew he was different and he the same for me. We went our separate ways and I left Katy behind and so did he. I often thought about the boy who was so sweet. It was almost a secret friendship we had. I went on to teach school, then conquer the rodeo world. Two totally separate paths. I just learned at our recent highschool reunion of his passing. I am so sad about this loss.

1991? Sally Jacques "Body Count" at Texas State Capitol

December 14, 2013

December 12, 2013

Laura send me your email addrs, Wilson Jr. I've got my memoiur to ad to it

Anderson Dear

December 23, 2010

Better late than never, I treasure every memory Wilson left me with. I love you Wilson, and I know I will meet your gorgeous crazy spirit again. Rock on brother love...

Meg Latshaw

February 11, 2010

Wilson,
These years have gone by. Many changes.
But from time to time, I think of you.
You were a shining star who brought happiness and love to all of us.

Meg
You are in my thoughts. You touched my life.

Ben Skeer

November 20, 2008

My name is Ben Skeer! I met wilson on the streets of Austin Texas outside of
Mad Dog and Beans next to a head shop called South Oats?... anyway. we
became friends turned on and hung out a number of times... I am so sad to
hear of his passing...how? When...? He inscribed the back of my painting
with a date and a paragraph to me.... since then I have lost everything,
been living on the street, and been born from the ashes of a dark past, but
never lost the painting that he lovingly gave to me as a friend. I paid my
last dimes to have it stored and safe even when I was not....now I live in a
nice new home, have a great job self employed as a jeweler and artist ....
ever inspired by the words given me by Wilson..." Benjamin, Bless you and
your travels. Be just and love the people. Thank you for your Heart. Wishes
from the Heart come true. To the Past, the Now , and the Morrow... Wilson
Leary...1993.....I call this painting..."The Dance" as he said it name would
present itself to me one day....and it did.... Wilson, Brother, I LOVE and
MISS you, Benjamin....

SOUP PORTER

September 28, 2008

godhathnotpromisedskiesalwaysblueflowerstrewnpathwaysallourlivesthrugodhathnotpromisedsunwithoutrainjoywithoutsorrowpeacewithoutpainbutgodhathpromisedstrengthforthedayrestforthelaborlightforthewaygraceforthetrialshelpfromaboveunfailingsympathyundyinglove the times were good but could they only last for so long DBH-114 forever BCNU BIG LUV Soup Porter souperman114
I will remember you as you would have remembered me today and tomorrow now and forever so young yet not knowing of those days that lie ahead SIGN US UP!!!!!!

Wilson Leary,Jr.

September 24, 2008

My son's web page will be copied to grandadies.com (Wilson M. Leary, III foundation some time in the future 9/22/08

Shirlynn* S.

September 20, 2007

September 2007. One year has passed, many emotions have come to surface, many tears of friends have fallen; still, many fond memories remain in friends hearts and the beauty of your creativity to our eyes, raises a smile, a glimpse of your wink! Thanks for the memories Wilson..Peace and Love,
shirlynn*

Karen

August 22, 2007

Oh, Wilson. I only recently found out. I was looking at the painting you gave me and looked you up. We knew each other for a long time - almost 25 years. We were kids. You always kept the childlike part of you. The world is worse without you in it. Less joy, less dancing, fewer people standing up for an unpopular truth, fewer smiles, less understanding, more strife. I want to write more later. I worry about Judy. I can't say more except I wish you could have stayed.

shawn meadows

February 9, 2007

Wilson.The things I want to say to you cannot be conveyed on a computer keyboard. I will see you in that place that transcends time and space...
I am so glad to know you. I love you.
Shawn

Jessica Durant

January 22, 2007

Dearest Wilson, Your light is brilliant! My life has been preeminately touched by knowing you.(Port Costa California)Thank you for being you! I love you all ways. I am deeply saddened to have discovered this news just recently. I send love and light to all that loved him. With sincerest sympathy and compassion, Jessica Durant
British Columbia Canada

Tantra Bensko

November 7, 2006

Hello, Wilson spirit. Thank you so much for your love, and your big offers to join you in your projects and your life. Thank you for all the fun times we had. I hold your memory in such golden light. May it waft to you.

October 10, 2006

I knew you briefly but I instantly knew I loved your soul. I told you, I am your sister and you are my brother, so it was then, now and forever, love td

Shirlynn Slimp

October 6, 2006

Dear friends of Wilson,
There is a void in my life, our lives, and this world. I just want to thank everyone for the phone calls of concern from friends, Wilson's family and especially my own family. I started grieving the moment I felt Wilson's absence on that late friday afternoon. These past three weeks have opened a range of emotions so wide and so deep, painful and bittersweet... today I finally feel peace. I met some of you for the first time over the phone but had heard your names pass Wilson's lips through past conversations. Also, I recognize most if not all the names in this guest book entry. Wilson is loved more than he could have ever known. Now he knows. Thank uou...everyone, for your love and friendship and emotional support through this fragile moment of life. Oye!
Sincerely, with love,
Shirlynn*

Rich Segal

October 5, 2006

My most heartfelt condolences to Wilson's family and friends. I am so glad to be able to say Wilson is my friend. Not was, IS. Wilson personified all that is good about Austin ... the art, the love, the odd, the sane, and the weird. His love for people is what I love most about him. His heart was bigger than Texas. I will miss him a lot but I love him more.

John Walsh

October 3, 2006

God Bless Wilson Leary III, I did not know you, but you made many more contributions to this world than most and may you rest in peace.

adam harwood

October 3, 2006

dearest wilson i am very chocked up. we always ended our conversations with i love. so wilson i love you .. ps wilson became a koshari with me// so in tewa "yah ta hey" love is the answer

Eric Samson

October 2, 2006

Wilson Leary interested me. He represents a very happy epoch in my life. I am sad that Wilson shuffled off his mortal coil - it was very good looking. His soul was among the brightest I have known.

stewart harnell

October 1, 2006

Wilson III May God Bless and keep you in ever loving peace and memory. Your Dad, Butch, was one of my dearest and closest friends growing up in Coral Gables -- I just wish I had known you. It appears that you made an indelible contributon to all of our lives. Rest in peace, my boy.
With love and respect,
Stewart Harnell

Deborah Leigh Slimp-Virgo

October 1, 2006

Dear Wilson, Thank you for being there for my sister. I wish you peace.

Dear friends and relatives of Wilson, from all I've heard about Wilson I know he will be sorely missed. I wish you comfort in knowing he is not suffering and eventually, happiness, in your memories of this shining star of a man.
Sincerely,
Leigh Slimp-Virgo

John Lolis

October 1, 2006

My dear sweet brother numsie...
You were like no other to me.
From the first time we met and for the too few years we had known each other, I felt like I had known you all my life. You were kindred to me. The trickster that you were, I never would have trusted you with the mundane crap, but there was never any doubt that I could trust you with my life.
You've touched me in ways that you could never imagine, and to me and those who knew and loved you, may you always be an inspiration to us all.
peace, love and light to you, my friend.

Peter Collins

September 30, 2006

Wilson,
I've spent the last few days writing obituaries for you. I know you'll be reading them in the akashic records. You loved Aussies, and you and the Crocodile Hunter will be laughing up there right now. You had the Aussie spirit of defying orders when it was really critical for human to stand-up. You understood the role of art in the vision of tools.
I had your wake on Friday. I laughed recalling the story how the FBI pulled us over after World Unity and tried to arrest us for a bread and butter knife. Officer: "What's that?" Wilson:"A knife", Officer reaches for gun, screams:"Put it down! Now what's it for?!!Wilson and Me (together) "To make sandwiches Sir. Is that illegal in Arizona?"
You were a visionary who inspired me. You taught me a lot about art and technology. I am sad you didn't make it down here, to the future, to see the whales sing like we talked about. But I guess, like Friday, there'll be glimpses here and there of your spirit, your life. They might say I only remember your good side. What other side was there? We all had pain, friend. It's the human condition. My last thoughts were Friday sobering up, at the beach, considering the walk of the salamander in and out of the water during evolution. It was time to start the journey back.
I'll see you in Avalon, your friend and fellow traveller Arthur Sundance Al Cazaly Goodright(AKA Peter Collins)

reyn

September 30, 2006

dearedt wilson, i am so caught off guard by this news. thanks so much for providing me with much to think about from our talks...it has been too long and i'm very sorry i did not get to have one more...

reyn

Melanie Sallis

September 30, 2006

To the best dancing partner I have ever had. You made me see humour in myself and the world. Oh to the days of your Croatia jokes. I have such wonderful memories my friend, they will stay in a special place in my heart. I miss you very much and I look forward to dancing a waltz with you in the skies.

Steve Symons

September 30, 2006

Wilson my dear friend, you knew how to live life fully - with Love and Laughter. You'll be missed.

George Paap

September 30, 2006

I will always remember you as a Tiki God who filled space with mirth and generosity. A story teller who brought joy and laughter and happiness to all who knew you. You will be deeply missed and not forgotten.

Wendee wphenix

September 30, 2006

A beautiful, electric soul who touched many lives and left an impression with all he crossed paths with. He is missed by many ~

Laura Stevenson

September 29, 2006

Sweet Wilson, we are going to play log king when I cross that bridge.Thanks for the sunlight that has flowered in me.
Love,
Laura

Mark Spivey

September 29, 2006

Dear Wilson, I never had a clue as to your pain. It was easy for me to forgive your imperfections. Since the day Steve & I met you with Chanelle in the Greenbelt close to where you left us, you were a constant light and inspiration and never ceased to amaze and entertain me. Thank you for sharing your vision.

Shirlynn Slimp

September 29, 2006

Dear Wilson, Our lives have crossed paths over the past few years until we finally collided this past spring. You became my best friend, confidant, lover, my right arm. Thank you for having trust, faith and beliving in me. Thank you for choosing me to share your last few months of life on this earth as we know it with honesty, love, endless conversations, and the silence... Oye!!!, WULF!!!, C'est la Vie!!! ... peace my love,
Shirlynn*

William Bacon

September 28, 2006

Wishes From The Heart Come True...

Some place, some where, some day...

though years have past with out your smile or laugh you were on my mind last friday...
wondering how you were and where life was taking you...

I Understand ... and know that one day, that we will understand the greater Justice behind this shpear of duality and strife.

Each of us moves the pendulum but a fraction perhaps... but we make the attempt even if the outcomes are "KNOWN" in advance. We make the Choices as only we can.

I Love you "Butch"
Look down with love and aid each of in our fight for Freedom Justice and Creativity.

Love always
Will I Am
the King of Imagination

sean french

September 28, 2006

Oh man Wilson...you are here my friend.
Days so long ago, moments just yesterday, we made magic...I will never forget

Tatiana

September 28, 2006

one day i will be keeping it going with ya on the other side - love and peace always !

Val Romness

September 28, 2006

UT Bubble Society...
Wilson also organized the Austin Bubble society. Don't forget that bubbles are stronger and last longer if you chill your bubble juice. Also last longer on a humid day... My brother, what a privilage to have known you. I cut hair with this artist in the late 80's. What creativity at what ever his medium was!

Karen Slimp

September 28, 2006

Wilson, I never met you in person but I feel I am getting to know part of who you were as I am here with my sister Shirlynn and overhearing conversations with your friends, spending time with your mom, looking at your life pictures and hearing stories about you. I'm sorry we never met and I appreciate that you were looking out for my sister's best interest while you were with her. I hope you have found peace.

Suzanna Finnegan

September 28, 2006

Wison,
Your encouragment, creativity, and laughter is what I will remember about you. You made me laugh -- especially hearing about your prankster ways. Love and peace to you always and always and always...you are an original.

Marva Mouser

September 28, 2006

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field.
I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase each other, doesn't make any sense.
---Rumi

Thanks for shining so brightly for all who crossed your path Wilson. You live on in our hearts forever.

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September 28, 2006

Allison Hawkins

September 28, 2006

I have memories of you that span almost 20 years, and all full of love, light, and laughter. May those things be with you now on your next journey. Love always, Allison (in NV)

Wilson M. Leary III 1966 - 2006

Lara Thomson

September 27, 2006

Oh my dearest, bestest friend in the world, Wilson. I will miss, treasure and love you for always and a day.

Sonia Santana

September 26, 2006

Wilson

I love you. You were always a bright and exciting star shining your light in this world. I hope you find your happy place in the next one. I miss you.

Gavin

September 25, 2006

Dearest Wilson
You are my brother in this world and the next. I'll never forget your many kindnesses and gentle manner. Until tomorrow when I join you, you'll live in my dreams where we'll rave all night.
Love,
Gavin

Dwight Adair

September 25, 2006

We have lost a brave warrior of the most creative kind, a man who saw no bounderies that could intimidate him into submission, a gentle soul with a raging mind, too bold to stay with us but for a short while. Ours is the loss, his is the journey to move on, traveling past this life's boundary and into his next adventure. God speed, my friend.

Jo Johenning

September 25, 2006

Oh Wilson......no! Oh sweetheart, I don't know what to say. This is too sad for words.

gray wolf

September 24, 2006

you will be missed my friend

Vince Hannemann

September 24, 2006

Thanks for coming to say goodbye. Only wish I'd known that's what it was. Till we meet again, buddy, I'll miss you.

Debbie Russell

September 24, 2006

Wilson, we hardly knew ye. You were my biggest cheerleader and an inspiration. Your zest for justice and ability to see a more beautiful tomorrow will keep me going until we meet again.