{"id":5796,"date":"2025-03-27T16:46:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T21:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=5796"},"modified":"2025-03-28T06:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:21:13","slug":"margaret-l-wilson-83-of-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/5796-margaret-l-wilson-83-of-newton\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret L. Wilson (83) of Newton"},"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>Margaret L. Wilson age 83, of Newton passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at her home surrounded by her family.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral services celebrating Margaret\u2019s life will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Crain Funeral Home, Newton with Billy Wilson officiating. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until the time of services Saturday, March 29th in the funeral home. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery, Newton, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Margaret was born on September 2, 1941, in Newton, Illinois the daughter of Lawrence \u201cBuck\u201d and Lillie (Weck) Piercefield. On January 12, 1963, Margaret married Guy Thomas Wilson, Sr. He survives. In addition to being a wife, mother and homemaker, Margaret worked at E.R. Moore Cap and Gown, U.T.A. and in the laundry at the Newton Rest Haven. In her free time, Margaret loved walking. She enjoyed gambling and taking trips to Las Vegas and Tunica. When at home, she liked to read, listen to country music, Willie\u2019s Road House and to work jig saw puzzles. Her favorite thing was to spoil her grandbabies. She was known to fill them with Brach\u2019s Chocolate Stars and Big Red pop; sending them home full of sugar and lots of grandma\u2019s love.<\/p>\n<p>Margaret will be loved and remembered by her husband of sixty-two years Guy Thomas Wilson, Sr. of Newton; children, Tom (Patty) Wilson, Jr. of Newton, Dolly (Jim) Hamilton of Hunt City, Cathy (Kenneth Ochs) Wilson of Ste. Marie, Mendy (Richard) Rubsam of Newton, Kasey (fianc\u00e9 Bryan Sempsrote) Wilson of Bogota, Nichole (Travis) Reynolds of Newton and Chipp Wilson of Oblong; 20 grandchildren, Natashia Webb, Tommy Wilson, Kaleb Wilson, Nichole Reynolds, Chipp Wilson, Sammie Hundley, Kristopher Curtis, Taylor Tarpley, Irelynne Ochs, Gavin Ochs, Maekenna Ochs, Brock Rubsam, Reid Rubsam, Reagan Rubsam, Garrett Rubsam, Rylee Goad, Mylee Goad, Lennon Sempsrote, Ashton Reynolds, Kodi Reynolds, Weston Reynolds; 23 greatgrandchildren and 2 eagerly awaited great grandchildren; brother Tony \u201cButch\u201d Piercefield; sisters, Shirley \u201cShug\u201d McCann, Mary Jean Parker, Nancy (Jim) Tuttle, Marsha Stevens and Candy (Randy) Smith all of Newton.<\/p>\n<p>Her parents, daughter Geanie Marie Wilson, son Cody Buck Wilson, brother Joe \u201cSunny\u201d Piercefield and wife Carol, sister-in-law Lucy Piercefield and brothers-in-law Neil McCann, Oscar Parker, and Lucky Stevens preceded her in death.<\/p>\n<p>To the Transitions Hospice \u2013 We extended our heartfelt gratitude to the wonderful hospice staff for the compassionate care provided to Margaret during her final days. Your kindness and support are deeply appreciated and will never be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Online condolences may be offered\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crainfuneral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margaret died on Wednesday, March 26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5797,"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-5796","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>Margaret L. 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