The wife of Evangelist Pastor David Wilkerson, married on June 14, 1952. Her death comes a year after her husband, who founded Times Square Church in New York, and died in April 2011 in a severe car accident in East Texas. 'Sister Gwen' was also in the car but survived the crash though she suffered a broken hip.
GWENDOLYN ROSE CAROSSO WILKERSON went to be with the Lord July 5, 2012, in Tyler, Texas.
Services will be held, Monday, July 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Stewart Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Wilkerson officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 PM, one hour prior to the service, at the funeral home.
She was born April 6, 1931, in Forest Hills, Pennsylvania, to Romeo Carosso and Sarah Morgan Carosso. She had two brothers, David Carosso and Ray Carosso. She was married to her childhood sweetheart, David Ray Wilkerson, on June 14, 1952, in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. She served faithfully in ministry with her husband during their nearly sixty years of marriage in over fifty countries and is deeply loved by friends and family all over the world.
Gwen is survived by four children: Deborah Ann Wilkerson Jonker and her husband Roger Jonker, two sons: Brent and Matthew Jonker and his wife, Christina, and their children: Grant and Ava; Bonnie Kay Wilkerson Hayslip and her husband Roger Hayslip, two sons: David and Brandon and his wife, Christina; Gary Randall Wilkerson and his wife Kelly, and their children: Ashley, Evan, Elliott and Annie; Gregory Allan Wilkerson and his wife Teresa, and their children: Alyssa and Ryan. Gwen's parents and two brothers preceded her in death, as did two granddaughters, Tiffany Jonker and Katie Wilkerson. And the Lord called her beloved husband, David Wilkerson, home just last year, April 27, 2011. Gwen will be laid to rest next to her husband in Lindale Cemetery.
Contributor: Anonymous #49742699
The wife of Evangelist Pastor David Wilkerson, married on June 14, 1952. Her death comes a year after her husband, who founded Times Square Church in New York, and died in April 2011 in a severe car accident in East Texas. 'Sister Gwen' was also in the car but survived the crash though she suffered a broken hip.
GWENDOLYN ROSE CAROSSO WILKERSON went to be with the Lord July 5, 2012, in Tyler, Texas.
Services will be held, Monday, July 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Stewart Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Wilkerson officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 PM, one hour prior to the service, at the funeral home.
She was born April 6, 1931, in Forest Hills, Pennsylvania, to Romeo Carosso and Sarah Morgan Carosso. She had two brothers, David Carosso and Ray Carosso. She was married to her childhood sweetheart, David Ray Wilkerson, on June 14, 1952, in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. She served faithfully in ministry with her husband during their nearly sixty years of marriage in over fifty countries and is deeply loved by friends and family all over the world.
Gwen is survived by four children: Deborah Ann Wilkerson Jonker and her husband Roger Jonker, two sons: Brent and Matthew Jonker and his wife, Christina, and their children: Grant and Ava; Bonnie Kay Wilkerson Hayslip and her husband Roger Hayslip, two sons: David and Brandon and his wife, Christina; Gary Randall Wilkerson and his wife Kelly, and their children: Ashley, Evan, Elliott and Annie; Gregory Allan Wilkerson and his wife Teresa, and their children: Alyssa and Ryan. Gwen's parents and two brothers preceded her in death, as did two granddaughters, Tiffany Jonker and Katie Wilkerson. And the Lord called her beloved husband, David Wilkerson, home just last year, April 27, 2011. Gwen will be laid to rest next to her husband in Lindale Cemetery.
Contributor: Anonymous #49742699
