H. De. Wilson, 94 of Butler, Missouri passed away Saturday, March 9, 2024 at Medicaloge of Butler. A visitation will be held Thursday, March 14, 2024 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009). Funeral services will follow at 2:00 pm Thursday, also at the funeral home. Burial will take place in Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to the Butler Public Library or the Adrian Optimist. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.
Harry DeVoe Wilson, known
by all his friends and family as H. De. was born July 11, 1929 on a farm near
Metz, MO. The son of Earl DeVoe Wilson and Zella Gregg Wilson. He attended Stoney Point Elementary School. His family moved to Nevada, MO. in 1943, and
H. De. graduated from Nevada High School in 1948.
On October 7, 1951 H. De.
was united in marriage to Jo Ann Underwood, to this union three children were
born, Tonia, Teresa, and Tamara.
H. De. entered the US Army
on October 31, 1951 and served until October 2, 1953, stationed at Fort Leonard
Wood, MO. and Bordeaux, France.
H. De. and Jo Ann moved
the family to Butler, MO. in 1967 where H. De. worked for Foodtown Grocery
until its closing in 1982. He then went
to work for Coca-Cola and retired in 1994 so that he could travel. H. De. was not one to set idle for too long,
so he went to back to work, this time for his long-time friend Jim Peters at
the Exchanger newspaper. He would work there
until 2011. Following that he went to
work for Mullinax Funeral Home delivering funeral notices to local
businesses. He officially retired from
that job in December of 2023.
H. De. loved to hunt and
fish, especially for salmon in Alaska, but after he retired his first love was
traveling. He was able to see some of
each of the States with the exception of three on the east coast and
Hawaii.
H. De. and Jo Ann spent
their winters in Gulf Shores, Alabama where he enjoyed walking the beach and
gathering shells. If you knew H. De.
well, you would know that he enjoyed his trips to the casinos and was a regular
at the local Bingo games. He also very
much enjoyed his time with family, especially his grandchildren.
H. De. was preceded in
death by his parents, daughter Tonia Dee Miller, two brothers, and three
sisters. He is survived by his wife Jo
Ann Wilson, daughters Teresa Wilson and Tamara Deardorff, four grandchildren,
Samantha, Lauren, Michael, and Jennifer, along with seven great-grandchildren.
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