Services have been scheduled for Charles Albert Wilson, a lifetime resident of the Chehalis and Centralia area who died Saturday, June 16 as a result of an automobile accident near Yakima. He was 28. He was born December 17, 1950 in Centralia and was a maintenance man at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds. Survivers include three sons, Charles Albert III and Jerry Lee, both at home, and Steven John, Longview; four brothers, Rick Wilson, Salem, Oregon; Dan Rasch, Rochester; Martin Rasch, Council Bluffs, Iowa and William Wilson, Omaha, Nebraska; five sisters, Mrs. Barton "Leta" Wilbur, Rochester; Mrs. M. G. "Sandra" Blankenship, Onalaska; Mrs. Mike "Sharon" Harrison, Drain, Oregon and Claudette Wilson and Donna Culton, both of Centralia; his father, John A., Centralia, his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Johnson, Chehalis and numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be Friday at 10:30 am at Newell-Hoerlings Chapel, Centralia, with the Rev. Harvey C. Hartling officiating. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia.
Source: Centralia Daily Chronicle, Thursday, June 21, 1979.
Transcribed by Ken Palmer.