Melinda A. Wilkinson
Thomson -- Melinda Ann Wilkinson, 14, of Thomson, honor student, cheerleader and athlete, died Wednesday, February 22, 1995 at Thomson. A ninth-grader at Thomson High School and honor student throughout junior high school and her freshman year, she was a member of the Academic Team for two years. She was a basketball cheerleader since seventh grade; member of the volleyball team since sixth grade, and played on a softball team since she was seven years old. She enjoyed snow skiing, swimming, and attending concerts and loved walking, running, shopping and joining her family when they went to car races. She was a member of Thomson United Methodist Church.
Daughter of Stephen and Melody (Crane) Wilkinson, she was born Wednesday, July 16, 1980 in Clinton, Iowa. Her parents of Thomson surviving, as do her sister and brother, Marissa Wilkinson and Justin Wilkinson, both at home; paternal grandparents, Harry and Velma Wilkinson of Thomson; maternal grandparents, Bonnie and Palmer Casey of Fulton; and maternal great-grandparents, Lee and Viola Sweely of Prophetstown. Her paternal great-grandparents preceded her in death.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Savanna with the Rev. Thomas Kim of Thomson United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Lower York Cemetery in Thomson. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Thomson.
Thomson -- Melinda Ann Wilkinson, 14, of Thomson, honor student, cheerleader and athlete, died Wednesday, February 22, 1995 at Thomson. A ninth-grader at Thomson High School and honor student throughout junior high school and her freshman year, she was a member of the Academic Team for two years. She was a basketball cheerleader since seventh grade; member of the volleyball team since sixth grade, and played on a softball team since she was seven years old. She enjoyed snow skiing, swimming, and attending concerts and loved walking, running, shopping and joining her family when they went to car races. She was a member of Thomson United Methodist Church.
Daughter of Stephen and Melody (Crane) Wilkinson, she was born Wednesday, July 16, 1980 in Clinton, Iowa. Her parents of Thomson surviving, as do her sister and brother, Marissa Wilkinson and Justin Wilkinson, both at home; paternal grandparents, Harry and Velma Wilkinson of Thomson; maternal grandparents, Bonnie and Palmer Casey of Fulton; and maternal great-grandparents, Lee and Viola Sweely of Prophetstown. Her paternal great-grandparents preceded her in death.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Savanna with the Rev. Thomas Kim of Thomson United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Lower York Cemetery in Thomson. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Thomson.
Melinda A. Wilkinson
Thomson -- Melinda Ann Wilkinson, 14, of Thomson, honor student, cheerleader and athlete, died Wednesday, February 22, 1995 at Thomson. A ninth-grader at Thomson High School and honor student throughout junior high school and her freshman year, she was a member of the Academic Team for two years. She was a basketball cheerleader since seventh grade; member of the volleyball team since sixth grade, and played on a softball team since she was seven years old. She enjoyed snow skiing, swimming, and attending concerts and loved walking, running, shopping and joining her family when they went to car races. She was a member of Thomson United Methodist Church.
Daughter of Stephen and Melody (Crane) Wilkinson, she was born Wednesday, July 16, 1980 in Clinton, Iowa. Her parents of Thomson surviving, as do her sister and brother, Marissa Wilkinson and Justin Wilkinson, both at home; paternal grandparents, Harry and Velma Wilkinson of Thomson; maternal grandparents, Bonnie and Palmer Casey of Fulton; and maternal great-grandparents, Lee and Viola Sweely of Prophetstown. Her paternal great-grandparents preceded her in death.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Savanna with the Rev. Thomas Kim of Thomson United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Lower York Cemetery in Thomson. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Thomson.
Thomson -- Melinda Ann Wilkinson, 14, of Thomson, honor student, cheerleader and athlete, died Wednesday, February 22, 1995 at Thomson. A ninth-grader at Thomson High School and honor student throughout junior high school and her freshman year, she was a member of the Academic Team for two years. She was a basketball cheerleader since seventh grade; member of the volleyball team since sixth grade, and played on a softball team since she was seven years old. She enjoyed snow skiing, swimming, and attending concerts and loved walking, running, shopping and joining her family when they went to car races. She was a member of Thomson United Methodist Church.
Daughter of Stephen and Melody (Crane) Wilkinson, she was born Wednesday, July 16, 1980 in Clinton, Iowa. Her parents of Thomson surviving, as do her sister and brother, Marissa Wilkinson and Justin Wilkinson, both at home; paternal grandparents, Harry and Velma Wilkinson of Thomson; maternal grandparents, Bonnie and Palmer Casey of Fulton; and maternal great-grandparents, Lee and Viola Sweely of Prophetstown. Her paternal great-grandparents preceded her in death.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Savanna with the Rev. Thomas Kim of Thomson United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Lower York Cemetery in Thomson. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Thomson.
