WILLIS, Patricia 1930-2007

MILLSPAUGH, WHITE, WILLIS, BRADY, HOWELL, FURLONG, ANDERSON, KITCHEN

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Date: 12/5/2011 at 15:22:15

Fairfield Ledger (Ia.) - Page 8
Monday, October 1, 2007

Patricia 'Pat' L. Willis

Patricia "Pat" L. WILLIS, 77, of rural Mount Pleasant and Lockridge, died Saturday, Sept. 20, 2007, at home.

A service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Faith Christian Outreach Center in Mount Pleasant, with the Revs. Monte Knudson and Mike Furlong officiating. Burial will be in Grant Cemetery in Rome, Iowa.

Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant, where the family will be present from 6-8 p.m.

A memorial has been established. Memorials may be left at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be sent at www.beattymurphyfh.com.

Mrs. WILLIS was born April 19, 1930, on the family farm in rural Mount Pleasant, the daughter of William S. and Florence M. WHITE MILLSPAUGH. She married Dale WILLIS Dec. 27, 1951, in Mount Pleasant.

Mrs. WILLIS was a nurse for a number of years at Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant. She retired in 1995.

Mrs. WILLIS belonged to the Mount Pleasant Moose Lodge, where she had achieved all three levels and managed the club for a number of years.

She enjoyed being outdoors.

Survivors include her husband; four children, Cheryl L. BRADY of Fairbanks, Alaska, Terrie L. HOWELL of Mount Pleasant, Roberta D. FURLONG of California and William T. WILLIS of Mount Pleasant; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mary J. ANDERSON of Mount Pleasant.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Ruth Ann KITCHEN.

(Connection is through Pat's sister, Ruth Ann KITCHEN.)