Planned Giving - Wilson Society
The Wilson Society was established in 2004 to honor those who have include Wilson Memorial Hospital in their estate plans. The first member of the Wilson Society inducted was Harriet Scobey Stephenson who bequeathed $10,000 to the Shelby County Memorial Hospital Association in 1918.
Donors who make a gift to Wilson through their estate planning are recognized as members of The Wilson Society. Their names are engraved on a special wall plaque located in the connecting corridor between the Outpatient Care Center and the Main Hospital.
New Wilson Society members are also inducted and honored annually at the Friends of Wilson reception each spring.
Sidney Daily News November 4, 1930Endowments Urgently Needed There is a growing need of additional endowment for all hospitals. A recent study of benevolent contributions throughout the United States discloses the fact that only seventy-four out of every thousand such contributions are made to hospitals. This is regrettable and it clearly demonstrates the needs of our thousands of institutions have not been sufficiently impressed on the minds of the people who are capable of helping them. Only in recent years has the public begun to ask itself why a part of the great stream of money that philanthropists pour into college endowment funds should not be diverted to hospitals. After all, what do education and money mean with health?
Wilson Society Members Living as of May 2010:
Rebecca Anderson
Anonymous (5)
Robert S. & Ollie M. Anthony
Dorothy A. Barker
Walt & Carol Bennett
Dr. Kenneth & Jeanie Bosslet
Bruce & Judi Boyd
Michael & Mary Burns
Dan Chamberlin
Douglas M. & Phyllis J. Evans
Bonnie & Harry Faulkner
Don R. & Lois M. Fogt
Doc* & Hilda Francis
Ronald & Patricia Francis
Bill & Miriam Fry
Lola N. Heintz
Rudy & Rhonda Keister
Greg & Deanna Kindell
Mrs. Joan E. Longanecker
Tom & Diane Meyer
Mike & Anne Moore
Lisa D. O'Connor
Nettie Schlater
Margaret A. Schroer
Richard & Linda Scott
Tom & Sandy Shoemaker
Watler V. Sturm
Tom & Polly Watkins
Dr. Randall & Roxanne Welsh
Clara Arnold Wingfield
Wilson Society Members Deceased:
William T. Amos
Raeburn E. Barnes
Urban L. Bernard
Louise Bustetter
Violet Danzig
Edmund Richard Garlow
Griff Giinther
Mary E. Gross
George O. Harshbarger
Irene Jarfas
June Kauffman
Maxine Kauffman
Mary M. Keiser
Ray F. Michael
Sarah C. Pence
Frances A. Rueth
Herbert H. Schlater
James P. Slater
Eddy LeRoy Spain
Harriet Scobey Stephenson
Bonnie Z. Swonger
Ethel M. Watkins
Robert Wical
Margaret Isabelle Wright
Fred C. Yager
How to become a Wilson Society Member
Become a Wilson Society Member by notifying Bonnie Faulkner, Executive Director that you have included the hospital in your will or estate plan.
Have you included Wilson in your Will? – Complete the attached forms and return to Bonnie Faulkner
Wilson Society Members Benefits Include:
- New Members will be inducted at the annual Friends of Wilson Reception
- Semi-annual Foundation Focus Newsletters
- Invitation to all Hospital Events
- Invitation to Special Events such as the annual Golf Classic and Ball
- Behind the Scenes Tour of the facility
- Member Clock Engraved
- Name on the Wilson Society Display Wilson Society Wall – Located in the radiology corridor
 Ken Bosslet, Rudy & Rhonda Keister, Jeanie Bosslet |  Jane Kemp & Clara Wingfield |
Tom Boecker, Michael & Mary Burns, |
For more information please contact Bonnie Faulkner, Executive Director Wilson Memorial Hospital Foundation at bfaulkner@wilsonhospital.comor (937) 498-5575.
This information is not intended as financial or legal advice. For financial or legal advice, please consult your financial advisor or attorney.