{"id":2096,"date":"2025-02-04T13:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2025-02-04T13:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:23:29","slug":"gregory-a-willy-wilson-48-of-mason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/2096-gregory-a-willy-wilson-48-of-mason\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregory A. &#8220;Willy&#8221; Wilson (48) of Mason"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Gregory A. \u201cWilly\u201d Wilson, age 48, of Mason, Illinois, entered his eternal rest on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at his home in Mason surrounded by his loving family.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: initial;\">Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 8, at Pagel Funeral Home in Edgewood, with a visitation from 10 a.m. until the time of service. Mark White will be officiating. Interment will be held in Mason Cemetery. Memorials may go to Fear Nothing or the donor\u2019s choice. Online condolences may be expressed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagelfuneralhome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gregory was born June 10, 1976, in Effingham, Illinois to Dennis Wilson and Kathy Kessel. He married his loving wife Elizabeth A. \u201cBeth\u201d Schmohe January 30, 2016 at Mason Christian Church. He had a passion for camping, fishing, deer hunting, and 4 Wheeling. He loved spending time with his family and friends, and especially his kids. The pride of his life was watching his kids play sports. Gregory will be missed by everyone who knew and loved him.<\/p>\n<p>Gregory is survived by his loving wife Beth, as well as his son, Lukas and daughter, Juleigha, both of Mason, Illinois. He is also survived by his brothers, Tim Wilson of Mason, Illinois, and Sean Wilson (wife Michelle) of Hillsboro, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>He was preceded in death by his parents, Dennis Wilson and Kathy Kessel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregory died on Saturday, February 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gregory A. &quot;Willy&quot; Wilson (48) of Mason - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/2096-gregory-a-willy-wilson-48-of-mason\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gregory A. &quot;Willy&quot; 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