Wilfred Coulson

Wilfred "Willie" Dean Coulson, 95, longtime resident and businessman of Grundy Center, died Sunday October 6, 2013, at Grundy Center Memorial Hospital. Private burial will be at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. He was born January 17, 1918 in Grundy Center, Iowa, the son of Delbert and Gretchen Coulson. Following graduation from Grundy Center High School, he married Lucille Thompson April 20, 1940. Willie enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942. He served during WWII and was honorably discharged in 1945. Willie worked for the Wellsburg Harold Newspaper until 1951, at which time he joined his brother, Paul Coulson, as part owner and operator of Quick Print in Grundy Center, from 1951 to 1979, when he retired. His family includes a sister, Ruth Walters, of Iowa City, a brother, John Coulson, of Rock Rapids, and several nieces and nephews. Willie was preceded in death by his wife and parents, brothers, Donald Harvey Coulson and Paul Malcom Coulson, and a sister, Margaret Nancy Ashby.