John Hamill Wilson
Marriages
Barbara Lee Lewis
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 4B Death Notice - July 11, 2019
John Hamill Wilson, 78, Grand Junction, died July 10, 2019, at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Monument Presbyterian Church. He was an inspector general for the state of Colorado. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Lee; two sons, David Edwin of Montrose and John Steven of Crawford; two daughters, Carrie Renee Nichols of Colorado Springs and Robyn Lynn Demny of Thornton; and seven grandchildren.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5A Obituary - July 12, 2019
John Hamill Wilson, 78, passed away at home on July 10th, 2019, surrounded by his family. He was born November 10, 1940, in Shiro, Texas, to the late Hamill and Hortense (Davis) Wilson. John met the love of his life, Barbara Lee Lewis, in Houston, Texas, at church at the tender age of 16. They were married two years later and raised four children together. John attended the University of Colorado, Boulder where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He spent the majority of his professional life working for the Colorado Division of Employment and retired as Inspector General. He was also a church organist in Texas starting at the age of 15 and played for many years at The First Presbyterian Church in Grand Junction, Colorado and in his retirement community in Casa Grande, Arizona. He was a man of faith, great patience, compassion, and was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He will be dearly missed. John was preceded in death by his sister, Sharon Harrell. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Wilson; sons, John Steven and David Edwin Wilson; daughters, Carrie Renee (Nichols) and Robyn Lynn (Demny); niece, Sherry (Harrell) Grumbles; grandchildren, Boone, Tanner, and Luke Wilson, Kelli (Leyte) and Brook Demny, Zane and Claire Nichols, and several great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family has designated The American Guild of Organists and HopeWest for memorial contributions. A Celebration of Life service is planned for July 15, at 10:00 a.m. at Monument Presbyterian Church in Grand Junction, Colorado.
