- Date Of Birth: May 23, 1924
- Date Of Death: April 2, 2019
- State: Georgia
Clara Jean Wilson (née Roderick) died peacefully at the Harbor at Harmony Crossing, at Lake Oconee, Georgia, on April 2, 2019 at the age of 94. Jean was born and raised in Akron, Ohio, and lived in Griffith, Indiana, Tokyo, Japan, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Burr Ridge, Illinois before moving to Vero Beach, Florida and then Georgia a few years ago.
Jean was born to Owen M. and Clara Carter Roderick. She graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri and the University of Akron, Ohio, before marrying William A. (Bill) Wilson in June, 1947. They moved to the Midwest when Bill began working as a Chemist at the Standard Oil Company, and raised their family in the town of Griffith. Jean and Bill spent three years in Tokyo, Japan before moving back to the Chicago area, and then three years in Brazil before settling in Burr Ridge. Jean became active with P.E.O.
Jean is survived by her sister, Gwynn Ennis, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, sons Rod (Chris) in Greensboro, Georgia, and David (Barbara) in Vero Beach, Florida, as well as her three granddaughters, Becky, Natalie (Andrea Oggioni), and Laura, and her great-grandchildren Jack and Emily. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Bill, and her grandson, Greg.
