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Isaac Artest “Artie, Art” Willis

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Isaac Artest “Artie, Art” Willis Veteran

Birth
Cainsville, Harrison County, Missouri, USA
Death
30 Jun 1957 (aged 65)
Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Sidney, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.1478111, Longitude: -102.9592056
Plot
Block 3, Lot 46
Memorial ID
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Sidney Telegraph July 1, 1957

Isaac Willis is
Dead at 65; Rites
Here on Friday

Isaac A. Willis, 65, died yesterday morning at Veterans Hospital in Cheyenne, where he had been a patient the past two months. He had been in poor health for nearly five years.
Funeral Services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. from the Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. Rev. Gerald Brestol, pastor of First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, with Military graveside rites.
Isaac Artie Willis was born Dec 12, 1891, in Cainsville Mo., a son of Andrew J. And Louella Schenovan Willis.(Parents are Andrew J. And Arvilla Emma Schoonover Willis,-cs--). he was married to Hattie H. Parsons on Dec 14, 1912, at Saline, Mo., and the couple made their home at Marshall, Mo., until 1942 when they moved to Peetz.
After living there a year, they moved to Sidney and have resided at Ordville since that time. Mr Willis had been employed by Sinus Ordnance Depot until his retirement. He was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Hattie; three sons, Clarence and Clifford of Olympia, Wash., and Leland, of Artex, N.M., ten grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Stallsworth and Mrs Mary O'Neil of Cainsville, Mo., and three brothers, Naton of Cainsville and Howard and Tindle, both of Orland, Calif.

Nickname:Art
Sidney Telegraph July 1, 1957

Isaac Willis is
Dead at 65; Rites
Here on Friday

Isaac A. Willis, 65, died yesterday morning at Veterans Hospital in Cheyenne, where he had been a patient the past two months. He had been in poor health for nearly five years.
Funeral Services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. from the Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. Rev. Gerald Brestol, pastor of First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, with Military graveside rites.
Isaac Artie Willis was born Dec 12, 1891, in Cainsville Mo., a son of Andrew J. And Louella Schenovan Willis.(Parents are Andrew J. And Arvilla Emma Schoonover Willis,-cs--). he was married to Hattie H. Parsons on Dec 14, 1912, at Saline, Mo., and the couple made their home at Marshall, Mo., until 1942 when they moved to Peetz.
After living there a year, they moved to Sidney and have resided at Ordville since that time. Mr Willis had been employed by Sinus Ordnance Depot until his retirement. He was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Hattie; three sons, Clarence and Clifford of Olympia, Wash., and Leland, of Artex, N.M., ten grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Stallsworth and Mrs Mary O'Neil of Cainsville, Mo., and three brothers, Naton of Cainsville and Howard and Tindle, both of Orland, Calif.

Nickname:Art

Inscription

Missouri
PFC CO 1 4 Infantry
World War I PH



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  • Maintained by: Kathy S.
  • Originally Created by: classic
  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15857068/isaac_artest-willis: accessed ), memorial page for Isaac Artest “Artie, Art” Willis (12 Dec 1891–30 Jun 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15857068, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Sidney, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Kathy S. (contributor 46944127).