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Mary E. (Warren) Wilson
Born: 8/30/1941
Died: 12/6/2019
Age: 78
Community: Flushing, MI
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Wilson, Mary Elizabeth (Warren) of Flushing, age 78, died Friday, December 06, 2019, at Concerned Country Care in Montrose. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at Rossell Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Flushing Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Flushing Area Historical Society or to a charity of your choice.
Mary was born in Adrian, Michigan on August 30, 1941, the oldest of three children to Howard and Georgiana (Miller) Warren. She graduated Salutatorian from Madison High School in 1959. She attended Eastern Michigan University, graduating in 1963, and received her Master’s degree in 1979.
After graduation form EMU, Mary moved to Flint and taught at Buick Junior High in the Beecher school system for four years. She then taught 6th grade at Carter Middle School for the Clio Schools until her retirement in 1994.
Mary married Donald R. Wilson on June 24, 1972, at Westwood Heights Free Methodist Church in Flint. They resided in Fenton until 1974, when they moved to Flushing Township. After retirement, Don and Mary were active in remodeling, genealogy, travel, and boating.
In 1991, they became involved in the Flushing Area Historical Society. Mary served as President from 2004 through 2007, and Director from 2008 until 2016. She sponsored several school tours and presented several programs in schools over the years. She was the driving force behind establishing the area genealogy research files and obituary files available at the museum.
Mary was an avid collector of many vintage items, many which have been displayed at the Flushing Museum over the past years. Some of these included quilts, sad irons, holiday postcards, vintage sewing items, women’s hats and Victorian photographs of children.
Mary is survived by her husband Donald of Flushing; daughter, Dana (Josh) DeBruyn; grandson, Clayton DeBruyn; brother, Howard Warren; and sister, Karen Whelan.
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12/9/2019 |
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4:00 PM |
| Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. |
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| Funeral Service |
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12/10/2019 |
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11:00 AM |
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Rossell Funeral Home
307 E Main
Flushing, MI 48433Get a Map to this location...
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Pastor Sarah LaRose-Nettell |
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