Elva Enos Wilson
Marriages
Edna Theresia Fields - 1936
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 4A Notice - November 12, 2011
Elva Enos Wilson, 92,
Loma, died Nov. 10, 2011, at his
home.
Services will be at 10 a.m.
Tuesday at Loma Community
Church. Burial will follow at
Grand Junction Memorial Gardens.
Ms. Wilson was a rancher.
Survivors include his sons,
Steven of Elko, Nev. and Curt of
Limon; two daughters, Katherine
Hayes of Loma and Barbara
Craig of Elko; 13 grandchildren;
23 great-grandchildren; and four
great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to
Hospice & Palliative Care of
Western Colorado, P.O. Box 24,
Delta 81416.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3C Obit - November 13, 2011
Colorado native, Enos Wilson,
died at his home in Loma at the
age of 92.
Enos Wilson was born in Evergreen
to Curtis S. Wilson and
Mary Maud (Hicks) Wilson.
Raised on the Wilson Dairy, he
went to the Hodson School on
North Turkey Creek. He married
Edna Theresia Fields of Conifer
in 1936. They had six children. Enos served in the Nay in World
War II.
Enos worked as a carpenter foreman which he continued after
moving to Loma in 1967. He worked in construction until his retirement
in 1984 when he went to work doing what he really loved,
custom farming in the Loma area. He also raised Limousin cattle.
He is well-known in Loma for his hard work and the man to go to
when you needed your hay put up.
Enos was a founding member of the Jefferson County Sherriff’s
Mounted Posse established in 1952 and then a member of the Mesa
County Posse after moving to Loma for a total of 45 years.
Enos is survived by two sons, Steven Wilson of Elko and Curt Wilson
of Limon; two daughters, Katherine Hayes of Loma and Barbara
Craig of Elko; 13 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren, and
four great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his
wife, Edna and two sons, Donald of San Diego and Phillip of Salem,
Indiana; his parent, and seven siblings.
Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of
Western Colorado.
Services will be held at 10:00 am. on Tuesday, November 15th at
Loma Community Church.
