Buelah Irene (Campton) Wilson was born on March 17, 1920 in Newell, Iowa, the daughter of Elvin James and Rosa Bell (Anderson) Campton. Buelah entered into the arms of her Lord on her 90th birthday, March 17, 2010 at the Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa.

Buelah was raised in Storm Lake, Iowa where she attended school and graduated from Storm Lake High School with the Class of 1937. She later attended Buena Vista College and graduated in 1939. On June 15, 1941 she was united in marriage to Eugene Lamar Wilson at the First Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake, Iowa.

She began her teaching career with Manning Schools from 1938-1940. In 1968 the family moved to Newell, Iowa. She would later serve as a substitute teacher for the Newell and Fonda School System for some 15 years.

Buelah was very active in her community. She was a Worthy Advisor of Rainbow Girls, a lifetime member of The Order of Eastern Star, a Deaconess of the Congregational Church in Newell, where she also taught Sunday School for many years, President of Resident Council of Elm Heights Care Center, a member of DAR, a member of the Cosmopolitan Club and also belonged to the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches. Some of her passions included golfing, gardening, playing cards, cooking, and spending quality time with her friends and family.

She was preceded in death by her husband Eugene. Those left to cherish her memory include her children Darryl Wilson and wife Joyce of Lenexa, KS, Robert Wilson and wife Sharon of Shenandoah, IA, Sherry Wilson-King of Santa Rosa, FL, Barbara Muldoon and husband Timothy of Omaha, NE and Carol Moore and husband Gordon of Silverthorne, CO; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; niece Jenny Smith and husband Jerry of Chino, CA; other family and friends.

May God grant comfort and strength to those who mourn her loss.