Sylvia Ann Schreiner Wilson

1947 - 2024

Sylvia Ann Schreiner Wilson, 77, of Cary, North Carolina, passed away on April 29, 2024, surrounded by her family. Sylvia was born in Houma, Louisiana to Charles Leo Schreiner, Jr. and Sylvia Ann Funderburk Schreiner on April 14, 1947. After her graduation from Louisiana State University, she married Joe Harle Wilson in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sylvia and Joe lived in Texas for many years. She worked in the NASA lunar receiving lab during the Apollo era prior to the birth of her daughters. Later, they moved to North Carolina. She became a certified landscape designer and enjoyed creating gorgeous centerpieces and flower arrangements. Sylvia would share her love for plants with others and was a volunteer for the Flower Shuttle organization. She enjoyed playing cards with friends, water aerobics and long walks where she visited with every dog on her route. Sylvia is preceded in death by her parents, Charles Leo Schreiner, Jr. and Sylvia Funderburk Schreiner and her brother, Charles Leo Schreiner III. Sylvia is survived by her husband, Joe Wilson, her daughters, Carrey Wilson Morales and fiancé John Tuan Sgro, Jaime Wilson Key and husband Carlo Ray Key, her siblings, Paul Schreiner, Thomas Schreiner and wife Lynne Schreiner, Louise Schreiner and husband Timothy Ryan, sister-in-law Donna Ray and husband Joseph Ray, and her Grandchildren, Ethan Morales, Christian Key, Bella Morales and Alexander Key and many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Ethan Wilson Morales, Christian Carlo Key, Alexander Cruz Key, Charles Leo Schreiner IV, Carlo Ray Key and John Tuan Sgro. The family of Sylvia Ann Schreiner Wilson wishes to extend our sincere thanks to the Neuro ICU team at Duke University Hospital for the care they gave Sylvia. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the SPCA of Wake County, www.spcawake.org/donate. Visitation will be from 12:15 - 1:45 on May 9, 2024 at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home, New Orleans, Louisiana, with services and burial at Greenwood Cemetery following.