Mrs. Dorothy M. Wilson, formerly of Tonkawa, was born June 11, 1920, in Philadelphia, PA, and passed away Thursday, November 24, 2011, in Tulsa, after a lengthy illness.

She was preceded in death by husband, Alex N Wilson, Jr., son Alex N. (Doc) Wilson III, son Leonard Lee Wilson; son-in-law, Ralph Lee Jones; parents Louis and Catherine (McClusky) Lotka, and six brothers and four sisters.


She is survived by daughters Dr. Kathryn Jones, Tulsa; Karen Wilson and husband Duncan Searle, Eugene, OR; son, David Wilson and wife Machelle, Tulsa; grandson Layne Jones and wife Tara, Bartlesville; grandsons Ryne Wilson, Edmond; Evan Wilson, Stillwater; Brooks and Brady Wilson, Tulsa; grandson Steven Wilson and wife, Simi of Ft Lewis, Washington; great-grandchildren, Blake Johnston and Marlee Kathryn Jones, Bartlesville; great-grandchildren, Kobe and Sonia Wilson, Ft Lewis, Washington; older sister, Mrs. Grace Conway, Philadelphia and many nieces and nephews.

She graduated from high school in Philadelphia and attended Oklahoma A & M (now OSU). Mrs. Wilson followed her husband's coaching and school career in Orlando, Sumner, Greenfield, Mountain View, Crescent, Weatherford, Mountain Park, and Red Rock. She moved to Tonkawa in 1982 after retirement and later served as a dorm mother at Northern Oklahoma College. She loved watching her children and grandchildren in sports and school activities and dearly loved her Oklahoma State University Cowboys.

Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at Fairlawn Cemetery in Stillwater, Oklahoma.