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Sending prayers and thoughts your way during this difficult time, Rusty's sister, Mary
Mary Newell
January 27, 2013 | NY
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Matthew Russell Wilson, age 42, passed with family and friends by his side at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa after a short fight from a rare kidney disease.
Matthew AKA 'Dirty Russ' was born to Matthew Frank and Elizabeth Mae Compton Wilson on May 19, 1970, in Goshen, New York. He lived in New York state as a kid and moved with his mom to Iowa in 1991. He received his GED from the State of Iowa. He was married to Lori Smit Wilson on May 20, 1993, in Greenfield, Iowa. They moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1997 and bought the house they currently resided in on 21st Street. Russ worked as a handyman. Russ, as everybody knew him, was a man of many talents and there was never anything he could not fix or build or rebuild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; grandparents; two siblings, Eric Wilson and Gary Wilson; and sister-in-law, Donna Smit.
Russ is survived by wife Lori, of Council Bluffs; uncle, Daniel Compton (Julie) of Bridgewater, Iowa; siblings, Matthew Frank Wilson Jr., of Monticello, N.Y., James Wilson, of Warwick, N.Y., Patricia Marakowski, of Warwick, Mary Alice Newell (Ed), of Ballston Lake, N.Y., Betty Fiore, of Casa Grand, Ariz., Bonnie Jennins (Mike), of Dade City, Fla., Joann Scott (Wayne), of Liberty, N.Y., Guy Ford, of Palm Coast, Fla., Rocky Ford, of Glen Spay, N.Y., Tammie Wilson, of Monticello, N.Y.; mother-in-law, Betty Stewart, of Greenfield; father-in-law, Larry Smit (Joyce), of Fontanelle, Iowa; sisters-in-law, Rita Gross and Tina Kreuzenstein, of Omaha, Neb.; many nieces and nephews.
Open House, Friday from 2 to 6 p.m., at 19 So. 21st St., Council Bluffs. The body has been creamted; no viewing. Memorials may be directed to the family.
This obituary was originally published in The Daily Nonpareil.
Sending prayers and thoughts your way during this difficult time, Rusty's sister, Mary
Mary Newell
January 27, 2013 | NY
Sorry for your loss.
Carol (Ford) Van Buren
January 26, 2013 | Westtown, NY
Lori,
My heart goes out to you at this time of sadness.
Rusty's sister JoAnn
January 26, 2013
Tami Erickson
January 25, 2013
I'm sorry I got back too late. But ill be seeing ya. Ive never forgotten the words you said to me when I left...and I never will. Take if easy "uncle russ"
Love always,
REDD
January 25, 2013
Russ I didn't know you for very long. But what I did know of you..you were a good guy. Lori sorry to hear about your lose.
Lisa Hertz
January 24, 2013 | Omaha, NE
Lori,
No words can ease the pain you feel from the sudden loss of your husband. Know that Rusty lives on in your heart and that your heart will go on. Thinking of you at this difficult time. Rusty's sister, Bonnie
Bonnie Jennings
January 23, 2013 | Dade City, FL
Russ you will be missed dearly and will remain in our hearts forever. We had not known you very long but you were everything anybody would hope to find in a true friend. Thank you for your friendship and all the laughs that we shared and someone who was always willing to help others.
Love always and forever
Jim and Darci Murphy
Darci Murphy
January 23, 2013 | Bellevue, NE
I met Russ a few years ago through a mutual friend of ours. He was always willing to help a friend. He worked on my truck trying to get it running on several occasions. He never wanted anything in return but anytime I found anything odd I gave it to him and we enjoyed many laughs together. He will be missed. And my condolences go out to his family in this time of sorrow.
Unicycle Mike McSorley
January 23, 2013 | Council Bluffs, IA