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Hi:: Cathe ir 'remeterv in 'Fulton.Charles F. W. WillettDies Tuesday Morning;Funeral On ThursdayCh.i: V Stuppei ' Wiilrtf of41-i l-rntfh R'» k Kails, pass-,••cL-iiua' Tui-dav morning at ^ iti'iiK : n* H*-*' Hav^n Convalescent Hon;** !i. Uiiin: u h.! j 1 h«* lt«n i*een lor •ll*' |MS‘ f*'W 'A eckSThr !xk;a u 'is !»jjno\ed tn J h? M*;\ ni !i:*•: a 1 lion.* :n this ni*.f; !■• no * mav iail 'Msr:\,c*'« w;i! lv» held lt;m i n TlTiistfif. Hl’ftiicHin at 2 pm hi fhejftf'iririHt h«*rn‘* Rev H.uia F Shif-hr. pH.stoi of the Rix'k Falls Christian church will -officiate Bunai wili tv iii th«* I. O O. F cemetery ni Rtx k Fall-.Chains F Wili; wa* born October 20 5879 :n Gal: III the son ni Dus id and Martha Burrows Wil* i»-i C'Tle' V- rlt;1\K aif-d ;n f he Rw kFnlb S' hooisMi \viU*r leaned 'he punting trade at the Rock Falls New*. later whs employed by The Slot link Standard a’.id fpr was foremanof ’Hie Sin ling Gazette composing room He started as a city letter miner- in Rock Full' when city delivery whs established some years ago. He i«*t;red at Uv? age of 6ft years tn 1943He was a member of the Sterling. Moose and Typographical Union Mr. Willett was greatlv interested m all sports, pan icu lath bsse--»wH-4*4td--m44»Hi-hinr*^U-.ou-.I.he, Ja_dthat lie had never missed a worldseries since 1928 He also took inthe Rose Bowl football gamp, and witnessed several heavyweight boxing bouts for the titleSkipper* whs h gipat guv and 1 isifmnrteunrrtF-rrf fnmds~vOuh|frlrtand-yild:--'He is survived by the following sons and daughters. Mrs Lourde C. Pfulb and Mrs. El win Shanks of Fontana. Calif.. Charles K. Willett. Dixon. Paul A. Willett. El Portal, Calif.. Don a id A’. Willett' Ames. la., and Mrs 'Harold Brainatd. Denver.Colo His wife, the forme i7 Mary Mr A HtMer.-preceded him m-death in 1938.
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Sterling Daily Gazette
Sterling, Illinois, US
Tue, Jul 31, 1951
Page 2
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