Mary Jane Wilkinson, 82 of Lincoln died Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at Jamieson Nursing Home in Harrisville. Born on September 11, 1924 to Jacob and Elmira (Hunter)Hodgen in Monterey, California. After getting her nursing degree in Los Angeles, she moved to Alaska where she treated Eskimos and later moved to Peru where she worked and was married to Dwight Wilkinson on May 12, 1950. They moved to St. Joseph-Benton Harbor in 1951, to Saginaw in 1952 and were longtime residents of Frankenmuth before moving to Lost Lake Woods(Lincoln)in 1990. She is survived by her husband, a daughter Debra (Michael) Frye of Rochester Hills; four sons, Gary (Carol) of Rochester Hills, David (Freddie) of Perth, Australia, Steven of San Jose, California and Dwight Jr. of Los Vegas, Nevada. and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Gail Dawn Wilkinson on April 18, 1983. Visitation was held on Saturday, December 16, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 at Gillies Funeral Home in Lincoln. Memorials suggested to Alzheimer’s Research.
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