Christopher Allen Wilson

Christopher Wilson

Tega Cay, SC

Christopher Allen Wilson (90) passed away on January 24, 2022. Chris was born in Honolulu, Hawaii where he spent his early childhood until he and his mother evacuated to the mainland shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  He and his mother resettled in the Philadelphia area where Chris spent the majority of his adult life. Chris was the son of Millard Lowe Allen and Virginia Mellor Wilson. He was preceded in death by his wife, Susan Crittenden Wilson. He was a graduate of Lehigh University and a member of Sigma Phi where he earned the lifelong nickname of Joe Phinque. Chris was a licensed Engineer in multiple states and spent most of his career as president of Beitman and Huyett Inc in Reading, PA. During “retirement” Chris worked for Oest Associates in Portland, ME, AMEC, then eventually Wood.

Chris served in the US Navy as an Electronics Technician Aboard the destroyer Ernest G Small and was honorably discharged in 1953.

Chris is survived by his daughter Elizabeth Bewley, son Spencer (wife Renee), brother Jeremy (wife Maura), grandson Clay, nephews Graham, Joe, Mason and Edward