Michael Lewis WILSON

   Cause of his death was Heart Failure (Cardiogenic Shock).

  General Notes:

ANCESTRY: Descended from Welsh King Rhodri ap Mawr "Rhodri the Great", who reined from 844-878
ANCESTRY: Descended from Warinus de la Strode (born 1020 in Bretagne, France), a French knight who lived at the time of William the Conqueror
ANCESTRY: First-Cousin (Ten Times Removed) to Sir Isaac Newton
ANCESTRY: 11th Great-Grandchild of John Mildenhall Jr. (born 1560), the only Englishmen to visit both royal courts of the Emperors Akbar and Jahangir, and the first Englishmen to be buried in India
ANCESTRY: 6th Great-Nephew of John Bartram, the "Father of American Botany"
ANCESTRY: First-Cousin (Seven Times Removed) to William Bartram, "America's first Ornithologist"
ANCESTRY: Third-Cousin (Four Times Removed) to Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (born 1841), Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier's namesake

MARRIAGE: Life Partnership with Glenn for 34 years from July 4, 1986 until Michael's death in 2020. Were forbidden to marry until 2015, but never got around to officially marrying after the landmark Supreme Court Ruling.

RESIDENCES: Yuma County, Arizona;
Maricopa County, Arizona
Los Angeles County, California

OBITUARY:
Michael Lewis Wilson
October 8, 1949 to December 9, 2020

Michael Lewis Wilson, age 71 of Chatsworth, CA passed away peacefully on December 9, 2020. He had been battling heart and kidney problems for many years.

Michael was born in Yuma and grew up in Somerton. He is a 1967 graduate of Yuma High. Michael had worked as a model, and in the catering and restaurant industry. After retiring, Michael enjoyed gardening, cooking, and spending time and traveling with his life partner of 34 years.

Family members preceding him in death were older brother Dave Richard Wilson, and younger half-brother Kenneth "Ray" Raulston, who both perished in a small plane crash in 1971 in Somerton. Also parents Lewis Chalmers Wilson and Ada "Jane" Wynn-Wilson-Raulston.

Michael is survived by his life partner Glenn Miller, and half-sister Virginia Raulston.

You were the most loving, joyous, and giving spirit I've ever known. You will forever be in my heart, I will miss you always.

(posted in Yuma Sun 12-12-2020)

  Research Notes:

-- Cremation services by Rose Family Funeral Home, Simi Valley, California
-- Memorial Slideshow on YouTube... https://youtu.be/IC4D2PUem1A
-- Flickr Photo Album... https://flic.kr/s/aHsmTcpoGk
-- 1950 U.S. Census

Michael had a 34-year life-long relationship with Living