Did Any of the Wilson Brothers Have Children?

I wish this were a better photo, but it shows Clabe and Leora’s grandchildren born by 1946: Joy Neal, Robert and Richard Scar, Gloria Neal, Leora Darlene and Donna Wilson. Taken in 1947, Perry, Iowa. There were eventually nine of us cousins.

Only Delbert, the oldest. One daughter, Leora Darlene, was born during the war. Donna and Delbert Ross were born later. None of Delbert’s children is living now, but there are several grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Donald married but had no children. Dale, Danny, and Junior never married.

The Wilson brothers had two sisters, so Clabe and Leora Wilson eventually enjoyed nine grandchildren.

Delbert and Donald’s next sibling was Doris, my mother. I was born during the war, my sister Gloria in 1946.

Darlene was Dale’s twin sister. She had four sons: Richard (Dick), Robert (Bob), Dennis and David Scar. Only the two oldest are still living. There are many Scar grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Did Dale, Danny, or Junior Wilson ever see any of their nieces and nephews?

Does this count? Junior wrote home in August of 1944, that my folks had stopped at his AAF base on their way back to Dad’s base in Texas. He reported that I smiled at him, and that I looked like my mother.

Richard Wilson Scar

Dale Wilson’s first combat mission in New Guinea was on the date of his only nephew’s first birthday, October 21, 1943. Richard was the son of Dale’s twin, so it was doubly memorable.

Richard was the only Wilson grandchild enjoyed by his uncles, Danny and Junior.

Darlene (Wilson) Scar) Doris (Wilson) Neal, and 2nd Lt. Daniel S. Wilson holding his nephew, Richard Scar. Minburn, Iowa, April 1944. (The “Meadowlark photo.”)Richard Scar with his uncle, F/O C. Junior Wilson, Perry, Iowa, March 1945

What? No pictures of all nine cousins? We all lived in Iowa during most of the 1950s. Surely we were together at least once! I ended up with family photos sent to Grandma Leora, but I sorted everything quickly and mailed them off to the families they belonged to. I wish I’d gotten copies of some of them first, with the younger ones with their older siblings.

Even with no descendants to remember the WWII service and sacrifice of Dale, Danny, and Junior Wilson, those younger brothers are being acknowledged today. We are thankful for that.