Constance Wilson

CONSTANCE MURRAY WILSON GRACEFULLY ASCENDED TO HER HEAVENLY
HOME ON MAY 21,2014. SHE WAS SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY IN THE
COMFORT OF HER OWN HOME. THE "8th STREET HA VEN" WAS THE HEART & HUB OF
ALL THEIR GATHERINGS FOR FIVE GENERATIONS.
BORN ON MARCH 6, 1923 IN PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER
OF THE LATE MALCOLM & NELLIE MURRAY OF AUSTRALIA AND SISTER TO SEVEN
SIDLINGS ALL WHO REMAINED IN AUSTRALIA: JACK, FRANK, KATHLEEN, MADGE,
DOROTHY, GWEN, AND ALAN.
ON JULY 31, 1943 SHE MARRIED A YOUNG NAVAL OFFICER, ALFRED JENNINGS WILSON
FROM KENOVA, WEST VIRGINIA WHO WAS STATIONED IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII.
WHEN THE NAVY LEFT FREMANTLE HARBOR AUSTRALIA IN 1944, SO DID THREE
HUNDRED AUSSI BRIDES!
CONSTANCE WAS A WONDERFUL HOMEMAKER, BELOVED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER,
AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER. WITH HER LILTING AUSTRALIAN ACCENT, SHE
INSTILLED HER AUSSI WAYS AND CULTURE INTO HER YANKEE FAMILY. HER HOME
WAS FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL REMINDERS OF"THE LAND DOWN UNDER". PICTURES
AND LINENS OF KOALAS, KANGEROOS, AUSTRALIAN WILDFLOWERS, AND THE
AUSTRALIAN FLAG ADORNED EVERY ROOM. SHE WAS BLESSED TO RETURN HOME
TWICE WITH HER CHILDREN TO INTRODUCE THEM TO HER BELOVED AUSTRALIA AND
ALL THEIR AUSSI RELATIVES. SHE ALSO LOVED HOSTING HER BROTHERS WHEN THEY
TRAVELED TO THE USA.
SPENDING MOST OF HER LIFE IN ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA SHE WAS AN ACTIVE
MEMBER OF THE LOCAL EAGLES AND VFW POST 1552. THE SOCIAL FRIENDS SHE
MADE AT THE CLUBS BECAME SISTERS TO HER AND SHARED HER LIFE TO THE VERY
END. SHE LOVED YOU SO VERY MUCH LOIS AUSTIN, LOUISE COLLINS, AND BETTY
HUDSON. THE NEIGHBORS ON EAST 8TH STREET ALSO BECAME FAMILY TO HER. SHE
LOOKED FORWARD TO HER WEEKLY WALK TO TOWN WITH THE LATE ROSE COX AND
PUTTING THE TEA KETTLE ON TO SHARE A CUP WITH HER CONFIDANT DEANNIE
CARROLL. EVERYONE KNEW THEY WERE ALWAYS WELCOME ANY TIME OF DAY, FOR
ANY REASON TO SHARE A HOT CUP OF TEA. SHE CHERISHED HER DEAR NEIGHBORS,
BILL AND GLORIA GAITHER, FOR THEIR KINDNESS SHOWN TO THE ENTIRE FAMILY
DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS. THE WONDERFUL GIFTS OF MUSIC THEY SHARED
BROUGHT GREAT JOY AND PEACE THAT WILL KEEP ON BLESSING THE F AMIL Y FOR
MANY YEARS TO COME.
JUST A FEW OF HER FAVORITE THINGS THAT THE F AMIL Y WILL AL WAYS CHERISH
ARE: FAMILY BARBECUES, LUNCH DATES AT THE PIZZA HUT & CURVE INN, ANY KIND
OF SHRIMP FROM ANY RESTAURANT, HER SON-IN-LAW WOODY'S CHILI, HER

GRANDDAUGHTER JULIE'S DEVILED EGGS, FRESH TOMATOES FROM THE F AMIL Y
GARDEN, HER ANNUAL THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTIES (COSTUMES & DECORATIONS
MANDATORY), THE ORIGINAL DALLAS TV SHOW DVD'S PLAYED NON-STOP WHEN
DAUGHTER PENNY VISITED, & SINGING "YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE" AT F AMIL Y
GATHERINGS. HER ENDEARING NICKNAME TRADITION FOR EACH ONE IN THE FAMILY
WILL BE CARRIED ON.
CONSTANCE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS; SIX OF HER AUSSI SIBLINGS;
HUSBAND ALFRED WILSON; DAUGHTER SHERRIE MARLENE WILSON; AND GREAT
GRANDSON JAMES O. PAYNE IV.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE ONE SON, RODNEY A. (NANCY) WILSON OF LAKE GAGE
ANGOLA; THREE DAUGHTERS, TERRIE D. (WOODY) GOODMAN OF ALEXANDRIA;
PENNY S. (HAROON QAZI M.D.) OF HILTON HEAD, SC; AND SANDRA G. (JOHN
TRENKNER M.D.) OF FORT WAYNE. SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, JULIE,
JASON ( BRANDY), CHRIS, MISTY ( JAMIE ), JOSHUA, DREW, & SETH.
THIRTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ANDREW, DERRICK, DION, JORDAN G, SHEA,
CLARISSA, WILLIAM, BECCA, JORDAN C, JJ, JAL YNN (JADY), NOELLE (NELL),
& HALEY (MARLEY). TWO GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SERENITY & DREW.
TO OUR WONDERFUL QUEEN MOTHER, WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR STRENGTH TO
ENDURE, YOUR WITTY SENSE OF HUMOR, AND YOUR LOVE FOR ALL. HOW THRILLED
YOU WERE WHENEVER A NEW LITTLE "BUBBA-DODDIE" WAS BORN INTO THE
F AMIL Y. YOUR AUSSI SAYINGS THAT STILL RING IN OUR EARS: "BLESS YOUR HEART",
"GOOD ON YOU LOVE", "OH RATS!", "PARDON MY FRENCH", "SAINT GEORGE'S
TERRACE, I GO TO RETURN" (WHENEVER WE TURNED ONTO 8TH STREETINOW
HANNA) AND "NEVER SAY GOOD-BYE, SAY TA-TA". A FEW OF YOUR YANKEE
SAYINGS: "MONEY IS NOT A PROBLEM, I'M MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN", "LET'S GO TO
THE RITZ", "SIT UP STRAIGHT LIKE JACKIE", "THE KITCHEN IS NOW CLOSED". BUT
MOST OF ALL, YOUR PRECIOUS LAST WORDS TO US ON THE DAY YOUR FINAL
JOURNEY BEGAN, "GOODNIGHT LITTLE DAUGHTERS, TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER."
WE WILL SEE YOU IN HEAVEN MOTHER "WITH BELLS ON", UNTIL THEN WE WILL
LEAVE THE KITCHEN LIGHT ON OVER THE SINK. WE THANK OUR HEA VENL Y FATHER
FOR GIVING YOU TO US. WE MISS YOU & LOVE YOU FOREVER.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY MAY 31, 2014 AT 2:30 P.M.
AT WHETSEL FUNERAL SERVICE,1503 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, ALEXANDRIA , IN 46001.
VISITATION WITH THE FAMILY WILL BE FROM 1:00-2:30 p.m.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO
LIFE STREAM SERVICES ( lifestreaminc.org ) 2535 E. 10TH ST. ANDERSON, IN 46012 OR IN CARE OF THE FUNERAL HOME.
THIS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION WILL ALLOW SENIORS, LIKE OUR DEAR BELOVED
MOTHER, TO REMAIN IN THEIR OWN HOME & TO MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE.