Harry Wilson, 93, died March 23, 2002 at the Mathis Nursing Center.

He was born in LaVernia to William Freitag and Thelka Leissner. When he was two-years-old, his mother remarried John Wilson, who adopted Harry and his brother, George, and changed their names to Wilson.

He married Delia Delaney on May 24, 1941. During World War II, he worked as a construction worker, building runways in Alaska. After the war, he moved back to San Antonio and worked for Zachary Construction Company. He later worked for the San Antonio Bus Co., where he retired.

He had been a resident of Lakeshore Gardens since 1964, In 1971, he, Leota Homer and led Carson started the Open Door Church in Lakeshore Gardens. The church was eventually moved and the named changed to Lake View Baptist Church, where he remained an active deacon until two weeks prior to his passing.

He will be remembered as the “Big Fisherman,” who always caught the biggest fish and always gave it away.

He will be missed by his friends and especially Charley and Hazel Young, who cared for him for 27 years. Charley called him his oldest grand­son.

Survivors include a sister-in-law, Millie Wilson, and two nieces, Delia Talbert and Patty Rendon, all of San Antonio.

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