Beckham County, OK - Obits: Elmer Willison, 1917
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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WILLISON, ELMER
(14 Jun 1917, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
IN MEMORIAM
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Willison of this city received a telegram Friday
evening of the death of their son Elmer Willison of Boston, Mass.  While
he had been ill for some time, reports had come that he was improving and
his brother Albert, who had been with him for several weeks, had returned
to his home in Chicago.  Mr. and Mrs. Willison were looking forward to
having their son visit them here, hoping the change of climate would be
beneficial to him.  The news of his death came as a great shock.  Because
of the great distance they were unable to go to Boston in time for the
funeral.
While we had never met Elmer Willison, we were interested in him because
of the sweet friendship of his loved ones here, so we were hoping some day
we might be able to make his acquaintance.
Elmer Willison was born in Fultonham, Ohio, January 4th, 1888, and died in
Boston, Mass., June 8th 1917, aged 29 years, 5 months and 4 days. 
Interment was made in Boston on June 10th.  He leaves a wife also a son
five years old, besides his parents and three brothers, Albert, Clarence
and Lawrence Willison.
Deceased was taken sick a year and a half ago with the Hodgkin disease
which is the absence of blood corpuscles and which has always been
considered incurable.  He underwent an operation under the head surgeon of
medical department in Cornell University and commenced to improve.  He had
a splendid situation with the Hallett-Davis Piano Co., of New York City,
who held him in high regard and believing a traveling position would be
better for him, where he could be more out of doors, the firm made him
superintendent of their branch houses as far West as Chicago, his
headquarters being at Boston.  He seemed to be regaining his health, when
the first of the year he suffered from the grippe.

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