Today, Mum would have been 85 years old had she lived. The Mayor of the City of Covington has issued a PROCLAMATION that today be declared ‘MARGARET WILSON DAY’ in Covington.
Mum worked in the Mayor’s office for over 10 years AFTER she retired from being a chef and getting her G.E.D. of which she was most proud. She worked part time up until she became ill in July of 2011.
I wish she were alive to see this, she would be most proud indeed but now that ‘she has her wings’ I’m sure she is aware of it and is giving her cheeky grin.
I’m proud of you Mum, now and always. I miss your presence but rejoice in your new life. You were and always will be MY BEST FRIEND.
Sandra Kay
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In case you cannot read what’s on the Proclamation, here is the text:
WHEREAS: Margaret Helen Wilson (Smith) born on Feb. 3, 1927 in Clarksville, IN and left this world on Jan. 12, 2012; and
WHEREAS: Margaret had 5 brothers and 1 sister and she was raised during the Great Depression into a poor family so she really knew how to do without which made her a very frugal and honest person. If she owed someone a penny, she made sure they got it. Loving, devoted mother, Integrity & honesty is a good way to sum up her whole life.
WHEREAS: Margaret always wanted to be a wife, mother and homemaker. Her first joy was cooking. When she was 20, she married Rual A Wilson of Somerset, Ky and helped him run his small grocery store in Indiana. They had one child, Sandra Kay in 1947. She was divorced in 1949.
WHEREAS: Margaret only had a 10th grade education at the time but did secure a job at the Army Ammunition Plant in Jeffersonville, IN. Afterwards, she decided she wanted to make cooking her life’s work. She worked for many different private homes throughout her life and eventually became a chef. She honed her skills through years of watching others and much tireless practice until she became a master.
WHEREAS: Margaret & Sandra moved from IN to Louisville in 1959. Margaret lived and worked there until 1992 when she finally retired and decided to move to Northern Kentucky to live with daughter Sandra and they finally ended up in Villa Hills.
WHEREAS: She was not idle very long after moving to No KY. She immediately enrolled in C.A.C. and got her GED of which she was very, very proud. She passed with a very high score. She worked part time for various places while getting job skills: Behringer-Crawford Museum; Head Start of No KY; Campbell County Juvenile Court and St. Vincent DePaul in Crescent Springs. Eventually, she was hired as a permanent part time employee in the Mayor’s Office in Covington where she worked for over 10 years until illness forced her into ‘retiring’ for the 2nd time at the age of 84.
WHEREAS: Margaret ALWAYS had a smile for everyone and a wonderful sense of play and humor. She was very well liked by her coworkers and friends. She was ‘colorful’, cheeky and optimistic everyday of her life, even if she was sick or down. She loved to cook for everyone and it gave her great pleasure to share many wonderful concoctions with coworkers. She also loved to talk about the Bible with anyone who was interested. Many of her coworkers could share funny stories about Margaret and how she touched their lives. She is survived by her daughter Sandra of Villa Hills, KY
NOW THEREFORE, I, Chuck Scheper, Mayor of the City of Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, by virtue of the authority vested in me and on behalf of its Council do hereby proclaim Friday, February 3rd, 2012 as
“MARGARET WILSON DAY”
in the City of Covington and we extend our deepest condolences to Margaret’s family and friends.
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