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ROCKVILLE- Jack Wilson, 84, of Rockville died at 12:15 am Tuesday, June 21, 2011 in Rockville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
He was the retired owner of Wilson's Paint and Wallpaper in Rockville from 1960-1988. He served from 1955-1990 on the Rockville-Adams Township Fire Department serving many of those years as chief.
He was born December 18, 1926 in Clinton, Indiana to the late Carl Wilson and Francis McCord Wilson.
Survivors include his wife of 52 years Rose Rovi Wilson whom he married July 19, 1958 in Clinton. Also surviving is a sister, Lois McGrannahan of Rockville; four nieces and one nephew; several great and great-great nieces and nephews.
He was a graduate of Rockville High School and attended Indiana State University. He was an Army veteran of WWII. He had also been employed by the State of Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. He was a member of the Parke Masonic Lodge # 8, a charter member of the Rockville Elk's Lodge #2471. He served many years as a reserve deputy for the Parke County Sherriff's Department, served as the Parke County Veterans Service Officer, worked for the safety patrol at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and was a member of the IMS Old Timers Club. He was instrumental in the building of the Rockville swimming pool and also the Parke County Golf Course. He was the founder of the Parke County Rescue squad in 1973 that served the entire county for 27 years saving many lives. He also secured the first "Jaws of Life" for the department in 1977.
Services will be 2:00 pm Monday, June 27, in Gooch Funeral Home at 112 W. Howard St. in Rockville with Chaplain Charles J. Baker officiating along with the Rockville-Adams Township Fire Department giving honor to Jack's service to Parke County. Burial will follow services with military graveside honors by Parke County veterans in Memory Garden Cemetery, Rockville. Visitation is from noon until 2:00 pm on Monday.
Memorials should friends so desire, may be made to the Parke-Vermillion Humane Society, PO Box 155, Clinton, IN 47842 in his memory.
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Mary Catherine Barnes (Overpeck) (1958)
THERE WAS ONLY ONE JACK WILSON. HE CERTAINLY WAS ONE OF A KIND. ALWAYS THERE WITH A HELPING HAND. WHEN THE DOWNTOWN SECTION OF DANA WAS BURNING DOWN, HE WAS THERE HELPING PUT OUT THE FIRE. HE WAS DEDICATED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I ALSO REMEMBER WHEN ROVIS HAD THE SPAGHETTI RESTAURANT IN ROCKVILLE AND THEY HAD A YOUNG DAUGHTER NAMED ROSE.
SHE TRIED TO SMOOTH ALL OF JACK'S ROUGH EDGES!!!! THEY WERE A GOOD TEAM. WORKED TOGETHER FOR YEARS, AND THAT IS HARD TO DO SOMETIMES.
JACK, YOU WERE A GOOD GOOD PERSON. ROCKVILLE WILL MISS YOU. MARY CATHERINE