Obituaries : Elsie Martha Vaupel Wilson

Elsie Wilson

VINTON: Elsie Martha Vaupel Wilson, 88 passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at MercyMedical Center in Cedar Rapids following surgery.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM, Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton with Rev. Stephen Preus officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at the church on Tuesday. Interment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Independence. Memorials may be directed to Trinity Lutheran Church. Phillips Funeral Home in Vinton is in charge of arrangements.

Elsie was born December 12, 1925 at Shellsburg to Justus and Gertrud (Umbach) Vaupel who had immigrated from Küchen, Germany. After graduated from Lincoln High School in Vinton she attended Allen Hospital Lutheran School of Nursing in Waterloo.

She was united in marriage to Ralph B. Wilson on February 23, 1947. They lived in Fairbanks and Waterloo before settling in the Vinton area. They celebrated nearly 53 years together before Ralph passed away in 2000.

Elsie worked as a nurse at Virginia Gay Hospital and the Annex when it opened, Keystone Care Center, The Vinton Lutheran Home and the County Home. She also worked at Vinton Motor Supply. Her favorite past times were hosting family dinners and baking. She was a longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton.

Left to cherish her memory are her children: Janice Ozias of Austin, Texas, Elaine (Lyle) Bolton of Vinton, James (Penny) Wilson of Vinton and Charles (Pam) Wilson of Cedar Rapids; her five grandchildren, Orin Ozias of Austin, Texas, Jamie (Cheo) Wilson Sierra of Forest Grove, Oregon, Kim (Chad) Newton of Vinton, Elizabeth (Chris Henkel) Fowler of Hiawatha and Austin Wilson of Cedar Rapids; and three beautiful great granddaughters, Sophia and Annabelle Newton and Jocelyn Ozias. She is also survived by her dear sisters-in-law, Fern Wilson Andrews of Manchester and Viola Vaupel of Vinton.

In addition to her parents and husband, Elsie was preceded in death by her siblings, Frieda Epperson, Carl Wilson, Helen Birker, Albert Vaupel and son-in-law, Doug Ozias.

The family appreciates the kind care that Elsie received at the Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab Center and at Mercy Medical Center.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com.