Gary Lee Wilson passed away peacefully at his home on May 4, 2024. He was born in Chehalis to Melvin and Betty (June) Wilson on April 12, 1939. He lived his entire life in the beautiful valley of Boistfort, Washington, where he graduated from Boistfort High School.
Gary retired from Darigold in 1994. In his younger years he planted trees for Weyerhaeuser, was a logger and baseball coach. He was an avid outdoorsman where he had a passion for hunting, fishing and trapping. After he retired from Darigold in 1994, he started his own business – Wilson’s Animal Damage Control, and he contracted with several timber companies. In his later years, he enjoyed cutting firewood, road trips on Baw Faw and gardening. He grew a huge garden, and he shared the crops of vegetables and flowers with many.
He was raised alongside his four siblings to whom he was very close. He is survived by Melody and Willy Nishi; Greg and Pat Wilson; sister-in-law Edith “Pat” Wilson; and his six children: Brian and Candi Wilson, Terry Wilson, Mark and Patty Wilson, Kim and Mike Laymon, Brad Wilson and Edith, and Joshua Wilson. He leaves behind numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, along with nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his sister Vicki (Lorrie) Hedges, brother Doug Wilson and his parents.
Gary was cremated as he wished, and his ashes will be placed in Claquato Cemetery in Chehalis next to his parents. There is no service planned in accordance with his wishes.
