OBIT: Hayes A. WILLS, 1918, Snyder Township, Blair County, PA

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WILLS.

  A. H. Wills, a well known farmer residing about three miles north of 
Tyrone, dropped dead on Friday evening at 8.10 o'clock while on his way 
to visit a neighbor.  Death was due to acute indigestion.  He was a 
member of the Bethlehem United Brethren church of near Tyrone and of 
the Allegheny Gateway lodge, I.O.O.F., of Tyrone.  He is survived by 
his wife and four children as follows: Mrs. Homer C. Thomas of Tyrone, 
Mildred, Rena and George at home; also by one brother, James Wills of 
Warriorsmark.  Private funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon 
at 1.30 o'clock at his home.  Interment in the Methodist cemetery at 
Warriorsmark.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, October 14, 1918

DEATH OF HAYES WILLS

  Hayes Wills, a well known farmer of Warrior's Mark Valley died 
suddenly Friday night from heart trouble.  He was a brother of Mrs. N. 
N. Miller and father of Mrs. Homer Thomas of Tyrone.  For several years 
past he had been farming for George C. Wilson on the "Ross" farm and 
was about to take over the "Strong" farm for his brother-in-law, N. N. 
Miller, of this place.  He was born and raised in Warrior's Mark Valley 
and leaves his wife and several sons and daughters.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, October 14, 1918

1910 Warriors Mark, Huntingdon County census -
Hays A. Wills, 39  
Ada V. Wills, 37  
Hellen D. Wills, 13  
Mildred L. Wills, 11  
Lorena K. Wills, 3  
George O. Wills, 1 7/12 

1920 Tyrone Ward 3, Blair County census -
Ada Wills, 47  
Mildred Wills, 21  
Lorena Wills, 13  
George Wills, 11