Andrew Wilson
Andrew C. Wilson born January 7, 1974, and died on December 12, 2019 after a complication of an extended illness. Preceded in death by his mother, Marlene Burkitt. Survived by his father Glenn M. Wilson Jr; step-mother Janice Wilson; brother, Damon Wilson; half-brothers: Barry Burkitt and Alexander Pulsifer; and half-sisters: Erin Wilson and Emilia Wilson, along with his aunts, uncle, cousins, nieces, and nephews.
He worked in customer support at Apple until December 2018; he enjoyed technology, beekeeping, music, games, and was a member of SCA. He moved to Illinois this past year to be near his family in St. Louis. It was a joy to have him near us in what proved to be his last year of life. Andrew had a generous, fun-loving spirit. His infectious smile came from his soul and lit up his whole being. He will be very much missed by those who loved him.
A memorial service will be held in Sacramento, CA in late January.
Andrew and I got to know each other in the SCA when he started to attend and began rapier fencing. He was a part of my SCA household and we could always count on him for a ready smile, a good laugh and a helping hand. I was also somewhat romantically involved with Andrew for a brief time and have many good memories of that as well. His passing saddens me very much as he was one of my best friends in the SCA and in life. I will miss him greatly.
I remember Andrew for his time in the Society for Creative Anachronisms. In our game we did a form of sword fighting which used rapiers. He was someone who fought well and with great joy when he could bout. In the one hand he used a rapier sword and usually had a buckler (small shield) instead of what most everyone else used, which was a dagger used for parrying incoming attacks. What made his buckler unique was that it was extremely small. Just big enough to cover his offhand. When others would teasingly chastise Andrew for not using a larger one, he would simply say (with an impish grin) “It’s not the size that matters…it’s how you use it.” His humor, his honest kindness was always appreciated and will always be missed by those who knew the man known as Duncan Falconer in our club.
Goodbye friend…I’m sorry I did not keep I touch more.
Memorial Service for Andrew will be held on Sunday Feb 9th at 1pm at Woodside SDA Church in Citrus Heights.