Obituary of Adda WILLARD, Crawford County, Illinois

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Obituary of Adda Willard

Mrs. J. H. Willard, 76, died Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at he
home 503 S. Jackson Street, following an illness of several weeks.

She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Emma Eskew of
Urbana, and Mrs. Ruth Piersall of Annapolis, six sons, Harry, Charles,
and Frank of Long Beach, California, Ira of Grand Falls, Texas, Arthur
of Kankakee, and Noah of Robinson, also 24 grandchildren and 13 great
grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Pearl Bassett of Hutsonville, three
brothers, Charles Lindley and Louden Lindley of Hutsonville, and Allen
Lindley of Broadview, Montana.

Funeral services for Mrs. Willard will be conducted Thursday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the West Church in Porterville with Rev. Lee Guyer in
charge.  Interment will be in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery.

Only God had wisdom to devise enough of lyric beauty to express our
mother.  Her smile, her luminous eyes and gentle ways, and all her
loveliness, were named in words of light by one above to be for us his
parable of love.

Addie Oleva Willard, daughter of Thomas and Pheba Lindley, was born May
2, 1865, near Annapolis, Illinois.  She was united in marriage to J. H.
Willard, May 4, 1887.  This union was blessed with nine children:
Harry, Charlie, and Frank of Long Beach, Calif., Arthur of Kankakee,
Ill, Ira of Rayalty, Texas, Noah of Robinson, Mrs. Ruth Piersall of
Annapolis, Mrs. Emma Eskew of Urbana, Ill, and Flora, who preceded her
in death.  Twenty-four grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren,
also five brothers and sisters; Charlie and Louden Lindley of near
Annapolis, Allen, of Broadview, Montana, Mrs. Anna Shearer of
Hollywood, Calif., and Mrs. Pearl Bassett of Annapolis.

When a young girl, she united with the Friends church and was always
true to its teachings.  It can be truly said of Mother and Grandmother
Willard "She looked well unto her household."  After her 76th birthday,
she left for her heavenly home, August 12, 1941.

Funeral services were held Friday, August 15, at the Porterville church
with Rev. Lee Guyer in charge.  Burial was in the Mt. Pleasant
cemetery.

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