OBITUARY: Cecil E. Billings; Delta, Millard co., Utah
surname: Wilcox, Billings, Ashcraft

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Obituary: The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, 22 Feb 2004:

Cecil E. Billings
1923 ~ 2004

     Cecil E. Billings, son of Gerald Oraian and Anna Wilcox Billings, was
born December 7, 1923 in Delta, Utah and died February 18, 2004 in El Paso,
Texas.

     He was a radar technician for the Navy during World War II aboard the USS
Gayety mine sweeper in the battle of Okinawa and in the Aleutian Islands
during the Korean War. He taught Basic Electronics to U.S. and allied soldiers
at Fort Bliss, Texas for 32 years.

     Survived by wife, Kathryn Ashcraft Billings; and children, Carol, David,
Jean, Dawn, Mark, and Rosann; 25 grandchildren; and six great-grand-children;
brothers and sisters, Lucile, Howard, George, Blanche, Arlene, Wanda, Terah,
Fenton, and Bryce.

     Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 10 a.m. at
the Valley View Funeral Home, 4335 West 4100 South. The family will receive
friends at a viewing one hour prior to the services. Interment, Valley View
Memorial Park.

     Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on 2/22/2004.