Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Delbert Willis
Age in 1910: 7
Estimated birth year: 1903
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: son
Home in 1910: Gillford, Wabasha, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: attending school
Stepsiblings living at home: Lina Pickett (age 20), Granville Pickett (16), and Lucinda Pickett (13)
Census place: Gillford, Wabasha, Minnesota; Series: T624; Roll: 728; Page: 30A; Enumeration District: 142; Part: 2; Line: 4
Date: 3 May 1910
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: 1904
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Minneola, Goodhue, Minnesota
Address: farm
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: laborer
Type of industry: brick factory
Salary or wage worker: wages
Siblings living at home: none
Census place: Minneola, Goodhue, Minnesota; Roll: T625_831; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 308
Date: 12 Feb 1920
Extract from U.S. City Directories 1821-1989:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Gender: male
Street address: 633 South Van Buren Avenue
City: Mason City, Iowa
Occupation: laborer - Mason City Brick & Tile Company
Spouse: Julia Willis
Residence year: 1927
Publication title: Mason City, Iowa, City Directory
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Delbert Willis
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: 1903
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington
Address: 120 Marion Street
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: 8
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: rented
Monthly rental: $8
City of residence in 1935: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: labor
Industry: road construction
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $500
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: not listed
Assigned to emergency work: yes
Duration of unemployment: 39 weeks
Census place: Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington; Roll: T627_4340; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 14-1
Date: 3 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Delbert Willis
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: 1904
Birthplace: Minnesota [sic]
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
Address: 710 South Adams # 2
Marital status: married
Spouse: Wanda age 36 b. Iowa
Living on farm: no
Occupation: butcher
Industry: packing house
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 36
Class of worker: for private employer
Census place: Mason, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
Date: 12 Apr 1950
He was a laborer, woodsman. He moved to Washington in the 1930s.
Extract from the Washington Death Index, 1940-1996:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Date of death: 20 Nov 1977
Age: 74
Gender: male
Place of death: Aberdeen
Residence: Aberdeen
Certificate: 024578
Memorial Card:
In Memory of Delbert H Willis
June 18, 1903 Jewell, Wisconsin
Nov. 20, 1977 Aberdeen, Washington
Services: Salvation Army Chapel
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1977 2:00 P.M.
Officiating: Lt Terry Winter
Organist: Mrs John Celich
Soloist: Shirley Howell
Selections: "Jesus Loves Me" "Old Rugged Cross" "Peace in the Valley"
Interment: Fern Hill Cemetery
Casket Bearers: David Milbourn, Jack Milbourn, Delbert Willis, Donald Milbourn, Rick Milbourn, Wesley Newbury
Honorary: James Kavars
Arrangements: Elerding Chapel, Aberdeen, Washington.
Obituary from the "Globe-Gazette" of Mason City, Iowa dated 5 Dec 1977:
Delbert Willis Sr.
Word was received that services were held recently in Aberdine [sic], Wash, for Delbert H. Willis Sr., 74, a former Mason City resident who died in Aberdine Nov. 20.
Willis was retired from the Armour Food Co. and lived in the Mason City area from 1948 to 1967.
He is survived by his wife Wanda of Aberdine; three daughters. Pauline Kavaris of Mason City, Ruby Milbourne of Hoquiam, Wash., and Florence Milbourne of Amanda Park, Wash.; two sons, Delbert W., Sioux City, and George, Mason City; 30 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.
He married (1) Julia Emma Krupicka 8 Nov 1922 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
He married (2) Wanda B Morris 3 Sep 1949 in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
Name: Delbert Willis
Age in 1910: 7
Estimated birth year: 1903
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: son
Home in 1910: Gillford, Wabasha, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: attending school
Stepsiblings living at home: Lina Pickett (age 20), Granville Pickett (16), and Lucinda Pickett (13)
Census place: Gillford, Wabasha, Minnesota; Series: T624; Roll: 728; Page: 30A; Enumeration District: 142; Part: 2; Line: 4
Date: 3 May 1910
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: 1904
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Minneola, Goodhue, Minnesota
Address: farm
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: laborer
Type of industry: brick factory
Salary or wage worker: wages
Siblings living at home: none
Census place: Minneola, Goodhue, Minnesota; Roll: T625_831; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 308
Date: 12 Feb 1920
Extract from U.S. City Directories 1821-1989:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Gender: male
Street address: 633 South Van Buren Avenue
City: Mason City, Iowa
Occupation: laborer - Mason City Brick & Tile Company
Spouse: Julia Willis
Residence year: 1927
Publication title: Mason City, Iowa, City Directory
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Delbert Willis
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: 1903
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington
Address: 120 Marion Street
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: 8
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: rented
Monthly rental: $8
City of residence in 1935: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: labor
Industry: road construction
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $500
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: not listed
Assigned to emergency work: yes
Duration of unemployment: 39 weeks
Census place: Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington; Roll: T627_4340; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 14-1
Date: 3 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Delbert Willis
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: 1904
Birthplace: Minnesota [sic]
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
Address: 710 South Adams # 2
Marital status: married
Spouse: Wanda age 36 b. Iowa
Living on farm: no
Occupation: butcher
Industry: packing house
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 36
Class of worker: for private employer
Census place: Mason, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
Date: 12 Apr 1950
He was a laborer, woodsman. He moved to Washington in the 1930s.
Extract from the Washington Death Index, 1940-1996:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Date of death: 20 Nov 1977
Age: 74
Gender: male
Place of death: Aberdeen
Residence: Aberdeen
Certificate: 024578
Memorial Card:
In Memory of Delbert H Willis
June 18, 1903 Jewell, Wisconsin
Nov. 20, 1977 Aberdeen, Washington
Services: Salvation Army Chapel
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1977 2:00 P.M.
Officiating: Lt Terry Winter
Organist: Mrs John Celich
Soloist: Shirley Howell
Selections: "Jesus Loves Me" "Old Rugged Cross" "Peace in the Valley"
Interment: Fern Hill Cemetery
Casket Bearers: David Milbourn, Jack Milbourn, Delbert Willis, Donald Milbourn, Rick Milbourn, Wesley Newbury
Honorary: James Kavars
Arrangements: Elerding Chapel, Aberdeen, Washington.
Obituary from the "Globe-Gazette" of Mason City, Iowa dated 5 Dec 1977:
Delbert Willis Sr.
Word was received that services were held recently in Aberdine [sic], Wash, for Delbert H. Willis Sr., 74, a former Mason City resident who died in Aberdine Nov. 20.
Willis was retired from the Armour Food Co. and lived in the Mason City area from 1948 to 1967.
He is survived by his wife Wanda of Aberdine; three daughters. Pauline Kavaris of Mason City, Ruby Milbourne of Hoquiam, Wash., and Florence Milbourne of Amanda Park, Wash.; two sons, Delbert W., Sioux City, and George, Mason City; 30 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.
He married (1) Julia Emma Krupicka 8 Nov 1922 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
He married (2) Wanda B Morris 3 Sep 1949 in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Delbert Willis
Age in 1910: 7
Estimated birth year: 1903
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: son
Home in 1910: Gillford, Wabasha, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: attending school
Stepsiblings living at home: Lina Pickett (age 20), Granville Pickett (16), and Lucinda Pickett (13)
Census place: Gillford, Wabasha, Minnesota; Series: T624; Roll: 728; Page: 30A; Enumeration District: 142; Part: 2; Line: 4
Date: 3 May 1910
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: 1904
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Minneola, Goodhue, Minnesota
Address: farm
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: laborer
Type of industry: brick factory
Salary or wage worker: wages
Siblings living at home: none
Census place: Minneola, Goodhue, Minnesota; Roll: T625_831; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 308
Date: 12 Feb 1920
Extract from U.S. City Directories 1821-1989:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Gender: male
Street address: 633 South Van Buren Avenue
City: Mason City, Iowa
Occupation: laborer - Mason City Brick & Tile Company
Spouse: Julia Willis
Residence year: 1927
Publication title: Mason City, Iowa, City Directory
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Delbert Willis
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: 1903
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington
Address: 120 Marion Street
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: 8
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: rented
Monthly rental: $8
City of residence in 1935: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: labor
Industry: road construction
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $500
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: not listed
Assigned to emergency work: yes
Duration of unemployment: 39 weeks
Census place: Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington; Roll: T627_4340; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 14-1
Date: 3 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Delbert Willis
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: 1904
Birthplace: Minnesota [sic]
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
Address: 710 South Adams # 2
Marital status: married
Spouse: Wanda age 36 b. Iowa
Living on farm: no
Occupation: butcher
Industry: packing house
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 36
Class of worker: for private employer
Census place: Mason, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
Date: 12 Apr 1950
He was a laborer, woodsman. He moved to Washington in the 1930s.
Extract from the Washington Death Index, 1940-1996:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Date of death: 20 Nov 1977
Age: 74
Gender: male
Place of death: Aberdeen
Residence: Aberdeen
Certificate: 024578
Memorial Card:
In Memory of Delbert H Willis
June 18, 1903 Jewell, Wisconsin
Nov. 20, 1977 Aberdeen, Washington
Services: Salvation Army Chapel
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1977 2:00 P.M.
Officiating: Lt Terry Winter
Organist: Mrs John Celich
Soloist: Shirley Howell
Selections: "Jesus Loves Me" "Old Rugged Cross" "Peace in the Valley"
Interment: Fern Hill Cemetery
Casket Bearers: David Milbourn, Jack Milbourn, Delbert Willis, Donald Milbourn, Rick Milbourn, Wesley Newbury
Honorary: James Kavars
Arrangements: Elerding Chapel, Aberdeen, Washington.
Obituary from the "Globe-Gazette" of Mason City, Iowa dated 5 Dec 1977:
Delbert Willis Sr.
Word was received that services were held recently in Aberdine [sic], Wash, for Delbert H. Willis Sr., 74, a former Mason City resident who died in Aberdine Nov. 20.
Willis was retired from the Armour Food Co. and lived in the Mason City area from 1948 to 1967.
He is survived by his wife Wanda of Aberdine; three daughters. Pauline Kavaris of Mason City, Ruby Milbourne of Hoquiam, Wash., and Florence Milbourne of Amanda Park, Wash.; two sons, Delbert W., Sioux City, and George, Mason City; 30 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.
He married (1) Julia Emma Krupicka 8 Nov 1922 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
He married (2) Wanda B Morris 3 Sep 1949 in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
Name: Delbert Willis
Age in 1910: 7
Estimated birth year: 1903
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: son
Home in 1910: Gillford, Wabasha, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: attending school
Stepsiblings living at home: Lina Pickett (age 20), Granville Pickett (16), and Lucinda Pickett (13)
Census place: Gillford, Wabasha, Minnesota; Series: T624; Roll: 728; Page: 30A; Enumeration District: 142; Part: 2; Line: 4
Date: 3 May 1910
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: 1904
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Minneola, Goodhue, Minnesota
Address: farm
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: laborer
Type of industry: brick factory
Salary or wage worker: wages
Siblings living at home: none
Census place: Minneola, Goodhue, Minnesota; Roll: T625_831; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 308
Date: 12 Feb 1920
Extract from U.S. City Directories 1821-1989:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Gender: male
Street address: 633 South Van Buren Avenue
City: Mason City, Iowa
Occupation: laborer - Mason City Brick & Tile Company
Spouse: Julia Willis
Residence year: 1927
Publication title: Mason City, Iowa, City Directory
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Delbert Willis
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: 1903
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington
Address: 120 Marion Street
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: 8
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: rented
Monthly rental: $8
City of residence in 1935: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: labor
Industry: road construction
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $500
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: not listed
Assigned to emergency work: yes
Duration of unemployment: 39 weeks
Census place: Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington; Roll: T627_4340; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 14-1
Date: 3 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Delbert Willis
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: 1904
Birthplace: Minnesota [sic]
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
Address: 710 South Adams # 2
Marital status: married
Spouse: Wanda age 36 b. Iowa
Living on farm: no
Occupation: butcher
Industry: packing house
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 36
Class of worker: for private employer
Census place: Mason, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
Date: 12 Apr 1950
He was a laborer, woodsman. He moved to Washington in the 1930s.
Extract from the Washington Death Index, 1940-1996:
Name: Delbert H Willis
Date of death: 20 Nov 1977
Age: 74
Gender: male
Place of death: Aberdeen
Residence: Aberdeen
Certificate: 024578
Memorial Card:
In Memory of Delbert H Willis
June 18, 1903 Jewell, Wisconsin
Nov. 20, 1977 Aberdeen, Washington
Services: Salvation Army Chapel
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1977 2:00 P.M.
Officiating: Lt Terry Winter
Organist: Mrs John Celich
Soloist: Shirley Howell
Selections: "Jesus Loves Me" "Old Rugged Cross" "Peace in the Valley"
Interment: Fern Hill Cemetery
Casket Bearers: David Milbourn, Jack Milbourn, Delbert Willis, Donald Milbourn, Rick Milbourn, Wesley Newbury
Honorary: James Kavars
Arrangements: Elerding Chapel, Aberdeen, Washington.
Obituary from the "Globe-Gazette" of Mason City, Iowa dated 5 Dec 1977:
Delbert Willis Sr.
Word was received that services were held recently in Aberdine [sic], Wash, for Delbert H. Willis Sr., 74, a former Mason City resident who died in Aberdine Nov. 20.
Willis was retired from the Armour Food Co. and lived in the Mason City area from 1948 to 1967.
He is survived by his wife Wanda of Aberdine; three daughters. Pauline Kavaris of Mason City, Ruby Milbourne of Hoquiam, Wash., and Florence Milbourne of Amanda Park, Wash.; two sons, Delbert W., Sioux City, and George, Mason City; 30 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.
He married (1) Julia Emma Krupicka 8 Nov 1922 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
He married (2) Wanda B Morris 3 Sep 1949 in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
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