Donald Wilson

1935 - 2016

Donald L. Wilson was born to Clarence and Josephine Giglio Wilson on Aug. 16, 1935, in Snyder. He passed away on July 6, 2016, in Tigard, Ore., after battling cancer since February. Donald was shipped to Korea after high school and was injured in combat shortly after that. He was raised in the San Luis Valley and Sterling. He drove trucks for Wilson Trucking, Mayflower Moving and Storage, and Sterling Colorado Beef. He also drove for Brandt Lumber out of Fox Park, Wyo. He married Sandra Alexander in April 1973 in Las Vegas. Don and his brother owned Wilson's Resort, located between Laramie, Wyo. and Walden, Colo. from 1972-1976. Don and Sandy then moved to Sterling from 1976 to 1985, then moved to Oregon in 1985, living in Scappoose and Columbia City, and then settled in the King City and Tigard area. He was a past member of the American Legion and life member of the Disabled American Veterans. He was preceded in death by his father, Clarence Wilson; mother, Josephine Wasinger; sister, Lois Klindt; and mother-in-law, Berna Dean Alexander. He is survived by his wife, Sandy Wilson of Tigard, Ore.; brother, Gene Wilson and wife Nellie of Sun City, Arizona; sister-in-law, Linda Meisner and husband Jerry of Sterling; and many friends, nieces and nephews. A private inurnment service with military rites will take place at Willamette National Cemetery. Memorial gifts can be made to Disabled American Veterans at P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250, or CAT (Cat Adoption Team), 14175 SW Galbreath Drive, Sherwood, OR 97140.