Willard Ley Gustin - 1928-1990

GUSTIN, KEGLER, BEARDMORE ENGEL, CAMPBELL, KIERNAN, SADLER, MOHWINKLE, SCHOH, HERMAN

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 9/1/2011 at 20:37:06

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON STANDARD, March 20, 1990
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Memorial services for Willard Ley Gustin, age 62, husband of former Allamakee County resident, Mae Beardmore were held on March 12 at the First United Methodist Church in Blair, Nebraska.

Willard Ley Gustin, son of Willard E. and Elsi (Kegler) Gustin, was born January 21, 1928 in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended Blair Community Schools, graduating from high school in 1945. Before entering the Marine Corps, he worked for Trans World Airlines and after his discharge, he graduated from the Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. On February 15, 1951 he married Mae Beardmore in Waukon, Iowa. He was a farmer until 1960 when he began working for Mutual of Omaha. Upon his retirement in 1985, he was manager of the continuing disability department. He was active in the Blair Masonic Lodge and past Master of the Lodge.

Willard Ley Gustin died March 6, 1990 at Memorial Hospital in Blair, Nebraska.

Surviving are his wife, Mae; 3 daughters, Tahni Gustin of Palmdale, California, Lisa (Mark) Engel of Omaha, Nebraska, and Karen Gustin of Lincoln, Nebraska; a son, Richard Gustin of Homer Alaska; a grandson, Dana Engel; 2 sisters, Elaine Campbell of North Bend, Oregon and Bette Kiernan of Long Beach, California.

NOTE: Mae Beardmore's parents were Earl and Myrtle (Sadler) Beardmore. They lived in the Dorchester, Iowa area around English Bench. Mae's sisters were Helen (Delton) Mohwinkle, Jane (Leon) Schoh, Ruby (Nyles) Herman, and Glenn Beardmore was a brother. They all lived in Allamakee county, Iowa.