Blake N. Wilson (25) of rural St. Elmo

Blake Nathaniel Perry Wilson, 25, of rural St. Elmo, died at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham.

Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, January 21 at First United Methodist Church, St. Elmo with Dan Laack officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, rural Moccasin. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Sunday at the church. Memorials may be made to the family. Gieseking Funeral Home, Altamont is assisting the family with arrangements.

Blake Nathaniel Perry Wilson was born on Monday, November 1, 1993 in Springfield, IL to Jennifer L. Myers and Edward W. Wilson. He married Bridget Gottman on September 21, 2013 at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Altamont. He was in the class of 2012 in St. Elmo. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, St. Elmo and employed with the Y-Yard Auto & Truck, Watson.

He is survived by his wife, Bridget Wilson, St. Elmo; children, Brookelynne Elayne, Braxton Elliott Nathaniel David and Brenner Edward Dean, all at home; sisters, Megan Taplin, Charleston and Audrey Burgess, Altamont; mother, Jennifer (Shane) Burgess, Altamont; father, Edward (Crystal) Wilson, St. Elmo; father, Shane (Lori) Taplin, Wright’s Corner; mother-in-law, Jodi (Thomas) Graumenz, St. Elmo; father-in-law, Chuck Gottman, St. Elmo, paternal grandmothers, Ruby Wilson, St. Elmo and Linda Brock, Effingham; paternal grandfather, James (Pam) Brock, Kansas City, MO; step-siblings, Nick (Sam) Wright, Spirit Lake, ID, Zach (Shelby) Wright, Altamont, Justin (Kelsey) Crum, St. Elmo, Candace Crum, St. Elmo, Courtney Heath, Tempe, AZ, Wyatt Heath, Wright’s Corner, sister-in-law, Dara Ledbetter, St. Elmo; brother-in-law, Lucas (Megan) Ledbetter, Brownstown; Godparents, J.J. and Cheryle Goldstein, Altamont; 12 nieces and nephews, Abbi, Mario, Eli, Drake, Arabella, Ava, Aubree, Christian, Wyatt, Arianna, and Haegen, one on the way.

Blake was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, David and Virginia Myers and paternal grandfather, Leland Wilson.

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