Marlene Berniece Wilson

Thursday, April 19, 2012

July 31, 1947 - April 19, 2012

GARDEN CITY, Kansas -- Marlene Berniece Wilson, 64, died Tuesday (April 17, 2012), at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on July 31, 1947, in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of William Beck and Bernice Hansen Kaldahl.

A resident of Garden City since 1976, she was a retired elementary teacher and the church secretary for St. James Lutheran Church in Garden City.

She married Robert Dean Wilson June 12, 1976, in McCook, Nebraska.

She was a member of the St. James Lutheran Church of Garden City.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Dean Wilson; children,

Dr. Melissa Wilson of San Francisco, California; Scott Wilson of Seattle, Washington; brother, Dr. Wayne and Karole Kaldahl of Lincoln, Nebraska; mother-in-law, Mary Helen Wilson of Alva, Oklahoma; sister-in-law, Judy Wilson Kirk of Enid, Oklahoma; two nephews and two nieces.

Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 21, 2012, at St. James Lutheran Church in Garden City, Kansas with the Rev. Anthony J. Striffler and Rev. Denise Pass presiding. Interment will be at the Valley View Cemetery in Garden City, Kansas.

Visitation is 1-8 p.m. Friday at St. James Lutheran Church, 1608 Belmont Place, in Garden City, Kansas.

Memorials may be given to the church, Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo, or the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, all in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home of Garden City.

E-Condolences may be sent to www.priceandsons.com

Price & Sons Funeral Home in Garden City, Kansas, is in charge of arrangements.