Title
Mrs.
Last Name
Wilson
First Name
May
Middle Name
Maiden Name
Nickerson
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Dexter, ME
Date of Birth
1903-04-22
Place of Death
Bangor, ME
Date of Death
1955-11-03
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 11-10-1955 p.8
Obituary
MRS. JOSEPH E. WILSON, SR. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Abbot for Mrs. May Wilson, 52, wife of Joseph E., who died Thursday in a Bangor hospital after a short illness. The Rev. Harold Shepherd of the Community Church, Monson, officiated. Interment was in Mt. Pleasant cemetery, Dexter. She was born in Dexter, April 22, 1903, daughter of Minnie Farrar Nickerson and the late John William Henry Nickerson. She was educated in Dexter and Corinna schools; lived several years in Greenville and moved to Abbot last June. Survivors are her husband, Joseph E. Wilson, Sr., Abbot; her mother, Mrs. Minnie F. Nickerson, Dexter; one sister, Mrs. Joseph E. Pendlebury, E. Hartford, Conn., a brother, Ervin G. Nickerson, Dexter; four sons, Lyle Farnham, Springfield, Mass., Donald Farnham, Bingham, Chester Mitchell, U. S. Army, Richard Wilson, Abbot; four daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Burton, Springfield, Mass., Mrs. Lillian White, Old Town, Miss Joan Mitchell, Abbot, Miss Rosalie Ann Wilson, Abbot; nine grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, three step-greatgrandchildren, several nieces and nephews.