March 5, 1926 - April 1, 2013
Wilbur Rions, age 87, of Richfield, passed away on 4/1/13. US Navy Veteran serving in WWII Combat Pacific. Retired Mpls Park Board, maintenance crewleader with 32 years of service. He is survived by children, Michael, Terry (Vickie), Dan (Nancy), and Kathleen (Dave) Susag; 8 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, Mary (Karl) Thompson and extended family. Preceded in death by parents, Lafayette and Ruth Rions; and siblings, Leora Flathers, Howard, Victor, Lloyd, Gerald and Lester.
I want to express my sincere heartfelt sympathy to all of you in the loss of your dad. Unfortunately, I am unable to attend but will have all of you in my heart. Uncle Will always had a special way about him which made being around him a joy…”yup, yup, aha..aha”. I will never forget those special words and I smile whenever I think of them. It made him who he was. My wish now is he can “dance forever” which he enjoyed so much. All my love, Cousin Vickie
I was so sad to receive the news today that Uncle Will had passed away. My deepest sympathy to all of you. I had spoken to him on the phone after my Mom ( Pat) had died last Aug. He was very helpful to me in giving me some information that I needed. We had a nice long talk and his help with the DNA testing he did for me and my nephew Jere helped us a lot. What a guy he was. I remember his laughter and smile. I hope he is enjoying his reunion in heaven. Love your cousin Sue