WILLIS, George L.: Died 1989

WILLIS, HARPER, FORD, RUDAT, ANDERSON, WILLIAMSON, WATSON, MATTINSON

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 3/7/2025 at 20:33:54

1989

George L. Willis

George L. Willis, 77, Route 1, Mt. Pleasant, died 8:50 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 5, 1989, at Pleasant Manor Care Center, Mt. Pleasant.

He was born May 30, 1911, near Mt. Pleasant, the won of William and Doris Katherine Harper Willis. He married Florence Ford in 1943. She died in 1944. Sept. 2, 1945, in Mt. Pleasant, he married Susie Rudat.

He was a retired farmer and a member of Faith Lutheran Church and the Moose Lodge, Mt. Pleasant.

Surviving are his wife; one son, Steve Willis, Mt. Pleasant; two daughters, Mrs. Dennis (Janet) Anderson, Mt. Pleasant, and Mrs. Dennis (Linda) Wilson, Montague, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Williamson and Mrs. Grace Watson, Mt. Pleasant; and eight grandchildren.

Also preceding him in death were his parents; two brothers, Paul and Tom; and two sisters, Cora Mattinson and Maude Willis.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8 at Faith Lutheran Church with the Rev. Maurice Lind officiating. Interment will be in Salem East Cemetery.

The family will receive friends 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Beatty-Wilkins Funeral Home, Mt. Pleasant, where visitation will begin after 10 a.m., Tuesday. Memorials to Faith Lutheran Church or the Salem East Cemetery have been established.

Source: "Scrapbook 1989 - 1990", Pg. 721,
Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA