Fred Wilson Jr.

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Fred Wilson Jr.

Birth
Collingdale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
29 Apr 1997 (aged 82)
Broomall, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Swarthmore, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Memorial Garden (plaque)
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Sports editor of the Chester (PA) Daily Times. Captain, U.S.A.A.F. WWII -- last post: Office of Flying Safety, Winston-Salem, NC (whenever he was asked what he did in the war, he replied, "I flew an L.S.D." [large steel desk]; he stopped telling that joke in the '60s). Plumbing & Heating Contractor, Wilson Brothers Plumbing & Heating, Collingdale, Pennsylvania, and County Plumbing & Heating, Wilmington, Delaware. Deacon and Member of the Board of Elders, Swarthmore (PA) Presbyterian Church. Long-time semi-pro big-band musician and bandleader.

He loved to take Continuing Education courses at Delaware County Community College. After a few years he had amassed enough credits for a degree, so in 1986, more than fifty years after getting his B.S. at Temple University, he got an A.A., making him the oldest person to get a degree from DCCC.
Sports editor of the Chester (PA) Daily Times. Captain, U.S.A.A.F. WWII -- last post: Office of Flying Safety, Winston-Salem, NC (whenever he was asked what he did in the war, he replied, "I flew an L.S.D." [large steel desk]; he stopped telling that joke in the '60s). Plumbing & Heating Contractor, Wilson Brothers Plumbing & Heating, Collingdale, Pennsylvania, and County Plumbing & Heating, Wilmington, Delaware. Deacon and Member of the Board of Elders, Swarthmore (PA) Presbyterian Church. Long-time semi-pro big-band musician and bandleader.

He loved to take Continuing Education courses at Delaware County Community College. After a few years he had amassed enough credits for a degree, so in 1986, more than fifty years after getting his B.S. at Temple University, he got an A.A., making him the oldest person to get a degree from DCCC.


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  • Added: Sep 7, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76148727/fred-wilson: accessed ), memorial page for Fred Wilson Jr. (8 Jul 1914–29 Apr 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76148727, citing Swarthmore Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden, Swarthmore, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Doc Wilson (contributor 47464039).