Cremation rites have been accorded. There will be no visitation or funeral service. Interment will take place at Minta Cemetery in rural Fulton, IL. The Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
M.E. was born December 10, 1928, in Fulton, IL, to William B. and Mary E.(Ege) Drury. She was educated in the Mt. Hope School of rural Whiteside County and was a 1946 graduate of Fulton High School. She later earned her nursing degree from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in 1949. On November 20, 1948, she married Allen R. Wilson in Garden Plain, IL. They shared their lives for over 70 years until his passing on January 16, 2019.
M.E. dedicated 33 years of her life to nursing, serving as a registered nurse at the former Jane Lamb Hospital in Clinton, Sterling Community Hospital in Sterling, and Morrison Community Hospital in Morrison. In addition to her nursing career, she and her husband shared a love for harness racing and spent many years racing and training harness horses together. She was formerly a member of the Garden Plain Presbyterian Church and, following her marriage, became a member of the Erie United Methodist Church, where she also served as parish nurse. M.E. found joy in caring for harness horses, gardening, and spending time with her family.
Survivors include two daughters, Sheri (Loren) Coate of Erie, IL, and Kristine Koser of North Liberty, IA; one son, Dr. Gary (Jan) Wilson of Lutz, FL; nine grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Allen; two sisters, Lois Drury and Kathryn Drury in infancy; and two brothers, Burton “Bud” Drury and Charles E. Drury.
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