Obituary
JERSEYVlLLE - Willard F. Owens, 74, died Tuesday at 11:15 p m. in Villa Terrace Convalescent Home, Alton. He Was born in Madison County, Feb. 18, 1885, a son of the late Peyton and Emma Dawson Owens.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs Robert C. Kemper, Naperville; three sons, Melvin, Alton; Vernon P., Radonia Bench, Calif.; Donald K., Wichita, Kans., a sister, Miss Edith Owens, and a brother Herbert Owens, Alton, and nine grandchildren.
The body is at Jacoby Bros. Funeral Home where rites will be conducted Thursday; at 2:30 p.m., after which interment will take place in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Burial Plot: Sec.26.
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Find A Grave Memorial# 30649771
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Willard Payton Owens, "USA World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Event Place: Madison County no 2, Illinois
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1885
Birthplace: , , USA
Nationality: USA
GS Film number: 1614327
Digital Folder Number: 005248731
Image Number: 02952
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From my recollection I think he was the uncle of Mildred Owens Duncan whose family lived across the street from my grandparents in 1934. Mildred's mother sent her to help my grandmother when my aunt was born that year. Both families ended up moving from Alton, Madison, IL to Bunker Hill, Macoupin, IL where Mildred met and married her classmate Francis Duncan. I know Francis' nieces. They taught me how to walk on stilts in their Grandma and Grandpa Duncan's side yard. Those were the days and it's too sad that today's kids don't know how to have fun and create good memories to tell about when they get older.
Debbi Geer