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Kathleen Chatham Wilson

18 Feb 1935 – 9 Dec 2012

Birth18 Feb 1935
Death9 Dec 2012
CemeteryRosemound Cemetery
Waco , McLennan County , Texas , USA
Added bySlick aka Sharon Erwin McNary on 23 Dec 2022
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102011798

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Kathleen Chatham Wilson, 77, a long-time Waco resident, passed away Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, after a lengthy illness. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 13, at Rosemound Cemetery with the Rev. Leslie King officiating. Burial will be next to her husband Alvie Wilson, and her grandson, Jackson Lance Shank. Visitation will be 6 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12, at Lake Shore Funeral Home, Waco. Kathleen was born in Waco, Texas, to the late Richard Coke Chatham and Hattie Lee Shivers Chatham, the youngest of five children. In 1941, her family moved to the family farm in Speegleville, Texas. They spent many wonderful days there until a fire destroyed their home in 1947, and they moved back to Waco. Kathleen attended Speegleville and Waco schools. She graduated from Waco High School in 1953. She then worked at several drug stores in Waco while attending Baylor University. Kathleen earned a Bachelor's Degree in Education in 1957. She worked one year in Belton ISD before going to work for Waco ISD for the next 45 years. Kathleen began working at Lake Air Junior High School when the school opened in 1958. She worked there until 1981. She worked at several other campuses until her retirement from full-time teaching in 2003. She then was a substitute for the district until 2009. In 2008, Kathleen was able to join in the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Lake Air as an original faculty member, which was very dear to her. In the 1960s, she was a horseback riding instructor at Camp Arrowhead in Kerrville. Kathleen loved horses and was an expert rider. She loved to go back each summer to visit the camp. She married Alvie Wilson on Aug. 16, 1969, at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church in Waco. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Alvie, on Nov. 28, 2011; a grandson, Jackson Lance Shank; three sisters; and a brother. She is survived by her daughter, Laura Shank and husband, Barry, of China Spring; twin grandsons, Ragan and Rian Shank; step-granddaughter, Hailey Roberts, of Sherman; several special nieces, especially Shelley James, who had been with her countless hours in the hospital and at her care facility; several nephews; a special sister-in-law, Shirley Chatham; and many friends. Waco Tribune-Herald: 12/11/2012...B11

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