Casey Christopher Kyle Wilson

Casey Christopher Kyle Wilson passed away peacefully in his sleep after a life full of adventure.

Born in Silver Spring, Maryland and raised in southern California, Casey had an innate need to create, innovate, and express himself through sculpture, photography, and film. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 1989, Casey went on to work on many feature length films, sometimes dabbling in production of music videos, all of which introduced him to people from all walks of life, and enabled him to work with some very good friends. His work took him across the US, to Canada, China, New Zealand, South America and beyond. In between work, Casey was an avid reader, music lover, and intrepid traveler.

When complications from diabetes mellitus, a chronic disease he'd dealt with since the age of 10, began making it more and more challenging to do the things he loved, and new conditions emerged, Casey worked hard to find new meaning and ways of overcoming the many difficulties he faced on a daily basis.

Casey was inquisitive about everything – physical, political, and spiritual life. He had a great sense of exploration and humor. And, for some things, like his own pain and suffering, he had a tremendous patience which the rest of us would be fortunate to have; for other things, he had less patience and he might let you know it. In that way, he was true to himself.

Casey is survived by people who loved him to their core: his mother, Patsy Ruth Wilson Grace, with whom he lived for the last six years of his life and who did her best to keep him safe and ensure that he knew he would never be totally alone in his struggle; his big brother, Mathew Wilson, who acted as counsel and friend; his sister-in-law Jannine, who was always ready to extend an invitation for a home-cooked meal; his little sister, Shannon Leigh Wilson, who found in Casey her best friend and confidante, and whose nagging he tolerated (or so Shannon claims); and his most lovable nieces, Gabriella Faith ("Gabi") and Bérengère ("Beri") Elizabeth Allen, who spent innumerable hours learning from and teaching Uncle Casey patience, how to laugh like a kid again, and how to (repeatedly) graciously accept defeat in Scrabble.