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Richard Wilson Obituary
PARKERSBURG — Richard Raymond Wilson, 74, of Parkersburg, passed away May 26, 2021, at the Camden Clark Medical Center
He was born Feb. 15, 1947, in Middleport, Ohio, son of the late Joe E. Wilson and Eloise Boice Wilson. He attended New Mexico Military Institute and graduated from Middleport High School in the class of 1965. He worked as a registered x-ray technician at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital and later retired from Johns-Mansville. He was an amateur radio operator for many years with the call sign N8KNA and he loved trains.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Peggy Davis Wilson, and sister, Carolyn (Tom) Grueser of Pomeroy. He is also survived by niece, Barbara McMahan; nephews, Jeffery Grueser and Anthony Wilson; grandniece, Meredith (Ian) Carney and grandnephews, Andrew (Sami) Bareswilt; sister-in-law, Jeanie Starcher, Alice (Bill) Adkins, Rita Crane, and Helen (John) Berard, and their children Travis Starcher, Elizabeth Beary, Megan Smith, Chad Gough, Heather Pyle, and Emily Berard.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his sister, Myrta Casto, and brother, Joseph Robert Wilson.
In honor of his request, he will be cremated with no service at this time.
Online condolences may be left at www.leavittfuneralhome.com.
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