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Submitted: 12/1/19 • Approved: 12/2/19 • Last Updated: 12/5/19 • R823745-G0-S3
Nov 20, 1857
Jan 13, 1943
Son of Daniel Willis, husband of Nettie Willis
LUTHER M. WILLIS was born November 20, 1857, in Adair County, being a son of D.C. and Fannie Willis. He was married October 1, 1882, to Susa D. Hibbard, daughter of William and Susan Hibbard. She died January 30, 1892. They had three children: Maurice E., born October 5, 1884, lives at Rupert, Idaho; Nina E., June 2, 1886, now Mrs. David E. Riley, of Heyburn, Idaho; Gertrude A., May 5, 1888, now Mrs. John B. Young, of Delta, Colorado.
Mr. Willis was reared on a farm three and one-half miles northeast of Kirksille, on which he now lives. By the time he was grown his mother had died and his father was in bad health, so he remained at home and took charge of the farm. After his marriage he and his wife still continued to take care of his father, and after his death purchased the interest of the other heirs in the old home place. He was therefore born and has spent all his life on the same farm. His father came to Adair County and settled on this place in l855, living there till his death, June 17, 1882. He was a native of Virginia.
Mr. Willis is a member of the I.O.O.F. and M.W.A. lodges.
History of Adair County, 1911
By Eugene Morrow Violette
Page 711
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Parts of this obit are covered by an ill-placed Historical Society sticker.
... M. Willis, 85, of Kirksville, ... at his home at 1015 East ... Street Wednesday ... been in poor health ... time.
... services will be held ... at the Davis Funeral Home ... o'clock, with the Rev. H.H. Snider officiating. Burial will be made in the Highland Park Cemetery
He married the former Susan D. Hibbard who died in 1892. Three children were born to this union. In 1924, he married the former Nettie Otto. Besides his widow, he leaves a son, Maurice E. Willis, of Rupert, Idaho; two daughters, Mrs. Nina R. Grace, also of Rupert, Idaho, and Mrs. Gertrude Young, of Caldwell, Idaho, and five grandchildren. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
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Kirksville, Missouri
January 15, 1943
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Contributed on 12/1/19
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