Obituary of Mary Florence Wilson

Mary Florence Louise Thibodeau Wilson, 101, passed in Bangor June 5, 2025. She was born November 8, 1923, in Memramcook, New Brunswick, Canada to Louis and Emelia LeBlanc Thibodeau.  She grew up in Brownville Junction, Maine where family and friends knew her as Florence or “Flo”.  She was Valedictorian of the Brownville Junction High School class of 1942 and then attended the Sisters Hospital School of Nursing in Waterville, Maine graduating in 1945. She also served our country as a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps from 1943-1945.

Florence was married 54 years to her high school classmate Army 1^st Sergeant Henry F. Wilson Jr and was an Army wife for 28 years.  They were stationed in several states and Germany.  She loved to travel and got her lifetime wish to visit Europe. 

After Henry’s military retirement, they settled in the Caribou Maine area until his death in 1999. Mary attended Sacred Heart Church in North Caribou and was a Lady of Sainte Anne.  She continued her nursing career throughout her lifetime, and retired from her supervisor position at the Caribou Nursing Home in 1982. They traveled during the winter months to visit family and friends in various places along the East Coast and Southwest.  Summers were spent at their Square Lake camp, gardening, fishing, and enjoying life.

After Henry’s passing, Florence relocated to the Bangor area to be near family. She enjoyed knitting and crocheting, especially making baby caps for newborns, donating them to the local hospitals, as well as making socks, mittens, hats and afghans for her family and friends. She also found time to volunteer at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor. 

Florence was predeceased by her parents, husband, sister and brother, many other relatives in her extended family, and numerous friends and acquaintances.  She is survived by son George Wilson and wife Ann of Bangor, Maine; son Henry “Skip” Wilson III and his wife Pamela of South Carolina; and daughter Suzane Wilson Labansky and husband Retus Osborn IV of Hermon Maine; 4 grandchildren; 6 great- grandchildren; and 3 great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be held privately with family, with inurnment at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date next to Henry. Charitable contributions can be made in her name to any veteran’s organization.