Frederick K. Nilson, age 58, of San Antonio, TX (formerly
of
Jenison), passed away unexpectedly yet peacefully on Friday, March 20,
2009. He
was preceded in death by his mom and dad, Martha "Rose" (Gummere) and
Frederick G. Nilson. Surviving are his beloved wife and best friend,
Violy, who
loves him very much. Fred met Violy while stationed in the Philippines
as a
member of the United States Air Force following his service in Vietnam.
They
were married on April 16, 1973 and raised three daughters, Teresa (Ken)
Monroe,
Lisa (Jeff) Willner, and Sarah (Chaz) Martin. Fred is a loving grandpa
to his
four grandchildren who know him as "Papa", Nick Monroe (age 12) and
Madison Monroe (age 10) and Chloe Willner (age 22 months) and Cannon
Willner
(age 9 months). He enjoyed talking about baseball with Nick and rarely
missed
Madison's soccer games while in Michigan. Papa was the first to meet
Chloe and
Cannon when they were born and enjoyed playing with them. Fred is also
survived
by his sisters Kathy (Rick) Holler, Renee (Gary) Scholten, Deb (Rick)
Thornton,
and Jane (Tom) Proulx; brothers, John Nilson and Don Nilson;
brother-in-law and
sister-in-law, Rex and Virgie Evans; Uncle Bob Dustimer; aunts, Aretha
Orndorff, Ruth Bosworth, Bonnie Gummere and Marcella Boswell; and many
nieces
and nephews. Fred graduated from Wyoming Park High School in 1969. Fred
earned
his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Grand Valley State
University in
1985. Fred worked at Meijer in Walker, MI for 36 years. After he left
Meijer,
he relocated to San Antonio, TX, where he worked in information systems
at
Wachovia Bank for 6 months. After a short return to Michigan, in
November of
2008, he accepted a position in information systems at ESC20 in San
Antonio and
has enjoyed working there for the past several months. In his spare
time, Fred
enjoys spending time with his wife. They love to travel and just be
together.
Fred likes watching Nascar, visiting casinos and playing online poker.
He also
enjoys cooking for and spending time with his family. Fred will be
greatly
missed by many. Funeral Service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 28
at the
Cook Memorial Chapel, 4235 Prairie (east building). Interment Chapel
Hill
Memorial Gardens. Visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 p.m.
and 7 to
9 p.m. Friday.
Frederick K. Nilson, age 58, of San Antonio, TX (formerly
of
Jenison), passed away unexpectedly yet peacefully on Friday, March 20,
2009. He
was preceded in death by his mom and dad, Martha "Rose" (Gummere) and
Frederick G. Nilson. Surviving are his beloved wife and best friend,
Violy, who
loves him very much. Fred met Violy while stationed in the Philippines
as a
member of the United States Air Force following his service in Vietnam.
They
were married on April 16, 1973 and raised three daughters, Teresa (Ken)
Monroe,
Lisa (Jeff) Willner, and Sarah (Chaz) Martin. Fred is a loving grandpa
to his
four grandchildren who know him as "Papa", Nick Monroe (age 12) and
Madison Monroe (age 10) and Chloe Willner (age 22 months) and Cannon
Willner
(age 9 months). He enjoyed talking about baseball with Nick and rarely
missed
Madison's soccer games while in Michigan. Papa was the first to meet
Chloe and
Cannon when they were born and enjoyed playing with them. Fred is also
survived
by his sisters Kathy (Rick) Holler, Renee (Gary) Scholten, Deb (Rick)
Thornton,
and Jane (Tom) Proulx; brothers, John Nilson and Don Nilson;
brother-in-law and
sister-in-law, Rex and Virgie Evans; Uncle Bob Dustimer; aunts, Aretha
Orndorff, Ruth Bosworth, Bonnie Gummere and Marcella Boswell; and many
nieces
and nephews. Fred graduated from Wyoming Park High School in 1969. Fred
earned
his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Grand Valley State
University in
1985. Fred worked at Meijer in Walker, MI for 36 years. After he left
Meijer,
he relocated to San Antonio, TX, where he worked in information systems
at
Wachovia Bank for 6 months. After a short return to Michigan, in
November of
2008, he accepted a position in information systems at ESC20 in San
Antonio and
has enjoyed working there for the past several months. In his spare
time, Fred
enjoys spending time with his wife. They love to travel and just be
together.
Fred likes watching Nascar, visiting casinos and playing online poker.
He also
enjoys cooking for and spending time with his family. Fred will be
greatly
missed by many. Funeral Service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 28
at the
Cook Memorial Chapel, 4235 Prairie (east building). Interment Chapel
Hill
Memorial Gardens. Visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 p.m.
and 7 to
9 p.m. Friday.