Robert K. Wilson was born January 21, 1931 to Keith Reber Wilson and Wilma Creek Wilson. He grew up on a farm near Tolono, Illinois, graduating from Tolono High School. He was the last living survivor of the class of 1949. He attended the University of Illinois for three-and-a-half years. He spent 21 months serving in the Army at Fort Lawton in Seattle. After he graduated from the University of Washington in 1956, he married Joan Blake in 1958, in Seattle, WA. Their son, Kregg Reber was born on December 9, 1960, and their daughter, Carolyn Louise, on January 23, 1966. He started his career working for a hotel chain and worked for industrial firms including Marco; Leckenby Co.; Foss Launch and Tug; Anderson Bridge, and local CPA firms. He was office manager for a CPA firm in Juneau, Alaska for two years and later became a CPA. After buying …
September 17, 2024
