Clayton Ervin "Pat" Wilson, 78, of Merlin died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997, at his home.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Granite Hill Cemetery with pastor Verne Hyland of the North Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church officiating. Chapel of the Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He was born July 8, 1918, at Dove Creek, Colo. He grew up on the family homestead in the Bug Point region of southwest Colorado. He spent most of his life as a cowboy in southwest Colorado and in the Four Corners area. He also worked for 16 years as custodian for the Montezuma County School District in Cortez, Colo.
On March 10, 1938, he married the former Anna L. Pugsley at Cortez. They moved to Cochise, Ariz., in 1989 and came to Merlin in 1993.
Wilson was a member of the North Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church.
He loved fishing, woodworking, his flower garden and helping others.
In addition to his wife, survivors include three sons, Jim Wilson of McMinnville, Terry Wilson of Grand Junction, Colo., and Don Wilson of Merlin; a daughter, Carolyn Elliot of Dolores, Colo.; an adopted daughter, Tammy Dennison of Cedar Point, Utah; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Granite Hill Cemetery with pastor Verne Hyland of the North Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church officiating. Chapel of the Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He was born July 8, 1918, at Dove Creek, Colo. He grew up on the family homestead in the Bug Point region of southwest Colorado. He spent most of his life as a cowboy in southwest Colorado and in the Four Corners area. He also worked for 16 years as custodian for the Montezuma County School District in Cortez, Colo.
On March 10, 1938, he married the former Anna L. Pugsley at Cortez. They moved to Cochise, Ariz., in 1989 and came to Merlin in 1993.
Wilson was a member of the North Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church.
He loved fishing, woodworking, his flower garden and helping others.
In addition to his wife, survivors include three sons, Jim Wilson of McMinnville, Terry Wilson of Grand Junction, Colo., and Don Wilson of Merlin; a daughter, Carolyn Elliot of Dolores, Colo.; an adopted daughter, Tammy Dennison of Cedar Point, Utah; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son.
Clayton Ervin "Pat" Wilson, 78, of Merlin died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997, at his home.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Granite Hill Cemetery with pastor Verne Hyland of the North Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church officiating. Chapel of the Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He was born July 8, 1918, at Dove Creek, Colo. He grew up on the family homestead in the Bug Point region of southwest Colorado. He spent most of his life as a cowboy in southwest Colorado and in the Four Corners area. He also worked for 16 years as custodian for the Montezuma County School District in Cortez, Colo.
On March 10, 1938, he married the former Anna L. Pugsley at Cortez. They moved to Cochise, Ariz., in 1989 and came to Merlin in 1993.
Wilson was a member of the North Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church.
He loved fishing, woodworking, his flower garden and helping others.
In addition to his wife, survivors include three sons, Jim Wilson of McMinnville, Terry Wilson of Grand Junction, Colo., and Don Wilson of Merlin; a daughter, Carolyn Elliot of Dolores, Colo.; an adopted daughter, Tammy Dennison of Cedar Point, Utah; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Granite Hill Cemetery with pastor Verne Hyland of the North Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church officiating. Chapel of the Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He was born July 8, 1918, at Dove Creek, Colo. He grew up on the family homestead in the Bug Point region of southwest Colorado. He spent most of his life as a cowboy in southwest Colorado and in the Four Corners area. He also worked for 16 years as custodian for the Montezuma County School District in Cortez, Colo.
On March 10, 1938, he married the former Anna L. Pugsley at Cortez. They moved to Cochise, Ariz., in 1989 and came to Merlin in 1993.
Wilson was a member of the North Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church.
He loved fishing, woodworking, his flower garden and helping others.
In addition to his wife, survivors include three sons, Jim Wilson of McMinnville, Terry Wilson of Grand Junction, Colo., and Don Wilson of Merlin; a daughter, Carolyn Elliot of Dolores, Colo.; an adopted daughter, Tammy Dennison of Cedar Point, Utah; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son.
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