Matthew Russell Wilson

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.