Riley, Willard A. 1914-1967
RILEY, CHANEY, MILLS, METCALFE, HENRY
Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 11/19/2012 at 10:07:01
The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register; July 6, 1967
WILLARD A. RILEY
DIES IN IOWA CITY;
SERVICES SATURDAYWillard A. Riley of 1032 Summer St. in Grinnell died Tueday, July 4, in the Veterans Administration hospital in Iowa City. He had been ill since August.
Mr. Riley served for 2 1/2 years with the 56th division of the First Air Force Base Unit and served in the South Pacific. He was a member of the Methodist church.
Survivors include his widow; three children, Melvin, Austin, and Dixie, all of the home; three brothers, Johnny of Keyser, W.Va., Charles of Piedmont, W.Va., and Morgan of Ridgley, W.Va.; three sisters, Harriet Chaney of Burlington, W.Va.; Catherine Mills of Keyser, W.Va., and Elizabeth Metcalfe of Piedmont, W.Va.
Mr. Riley was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Rosalie Henry.
Funeral services for Mr. Riley will be held at the Jones Funeral Home in Washington, Iowa, on Saturday, July 8. Burial will be in the New Haven cemetery.
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Social Security Death Index
First Name: Willard
Middle Name: ---
Last Name: Riley
Birth Date: 1 November 1914
SSN: 216-05-9626
Place of Issuance: Maryland
Last Residence: Poweshiek, Iowa
Zip Code of Last Residence: 50112
Death Date: July 1967
Est. Age at Death: 53
Poweshiek Obituaries maintained by Cindy Booth Maher.
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