Lloyd Lavelle Wilson, 84, Cummings, KS, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016.

Family visitation will be from 2:00 to 3:00 pm, Tuesday, January 3, 2017, followed by a 3:00 pm Memorial Service at the Cummings Christian Church, Cummings, KS. Memorial contributions are suggested to Humane Society of Atchison. Words of sympathy and condolences may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com.

Lloyd was born July 5, 1932 in Atchison, KS, the first born son of Charles Everett and Madeline Zeta (Barber) Wilson. Lloyd graduated from Atchison High School and served in the US Air Force during the Korean War. Lloyd married high school sweetheart, JoAnn (Dolly) Jones on December 24, 1953 in Rushville, MO, spending the next 63 years of life traveling the globe as a result of his fulfilling mechanical engineering career in aeronautics. 45 years later, they returned home to Kansas, settling in Cummings, near many beloved relatives.

Survivors include his wife: JoAnn, of the home; two daughters, Llory Wilson (Philip Morley), Port Townsend, WA and Joni Rene (Rocky) Johnson, Cypress, TX; four brothers, Darrel (Rosalie) Wilson, Creston, IA, Gary (Mary Lou) Wilson, Cummings, Charles (Barbara) Wilson and Harold (Elva) Wilson, both of Atchison, KS; four grandchildren; Jacob (Danielle) Johnson, Jenna Johnson, Dashiel Morley and Tuula Morley. Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents and youngest sibling, Zeta Gordon.