Locke, Wilson

Wilson Locke was born April 3, 1935 in Albany Ca passed away October 1, 2006, in Middletown, Ca, after a short bout with cancer.  Wilson and his family have been property owners in Lake County since 1938 and vacationed there every summer. He and his wife Mona became year-round residents here after building a home in Middletown in 2003. Wilson was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and son. He was a retired newspaper editor who began his career as a stringer for the Mendocino Beacon, while still in high school, playing sports for the Mendocino Cardinals. Wilson attended Contra Costa Community College and Stanford University. Starting out as a copy boy at the Oakland Tribune, Wilson worked his way up to the level of assistant managing editor. He left the Tribune for the LA Times in 1973 where he helped to usher in the computerized newsroom. Wilson retired from the LA Times in 1991. He enjoyed researching his family genealogy and Civil War history. An avid outdoors man and author, Wilson enjoyed photography and was considered a crack-shot hunter.