Rogers Co. Obit for: Jacob Thomas Willis 
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Rogers County Archivist: Bill Cook, billcook44@aol.com
Submitted to the Rogers County Oklahoma Archives 
Date: 12/02/2002 by: Bill Cook, billcook44@aol.com
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12/03/2002 edition

Jacob Thomas Willis

Services for Jacob Thomas Willis were 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002 at 
the Chapel of the Garden at Rice Funeral Service. Rev. Charles Sandusky 
officiated. Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Jacob passed away on Friday, Nov. 29, 2002. He was 22.

Jacob was born in Onamia, Minn., on Jan. 4, 1980 to parents Wayne and Mary 
Rudkin Willis.
 
He spent his early years in Minnesota, then moved to Claremore, where he 
attended Sequoyah and then Oologah schools. Claremore has been home for 
most of his adult life.

Jacob and Robin Marie Little, his fiancee, became the proud parents of 
Gracie Kathryn Willis on Nov. 28, 2001. She was the light of his life. 

He worked hard as a carpenter and provided well for his family.

Jacob loved to fish, a pastime he and his father and brothers enjoyed together. 

He also loved cats and shared his home with three of them. He was very energetic 
and liked sports of every kind, including football, basketball, baseball and 
golf. 

He was teaching little Gracie to appreciate them also.

He was a great big brother and an incredible dad. Jacob will be missed by those 
who knew and loved him best. They include, his fiancee and life partner, Robin 
Little of Claremore; daughter, Gracie Willis, also of Claremore; parents, Wayne 
and Shari Willis of Verdigris; sister, Emily Willis of Lawrence, Kan.; brother, 
Adam Willis and Erica Henderson of Sunrise, Fla., and brother, Jenson Roberts of 
Verdigris; grandparents, Mildred Fishback and Bill Willis of Claremore and 
Sandra 
Sexton, also of Verdigris; and nephew, Austyn Willis of Sunrise, Fla
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