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Frederick "Fred" W. Willard, 78, of Butler,
Pennsylvania, passed away on June 7, 2011 at 5:15 a.m. at the
VNA Inpatient Hospice.
He was born May 29, 1933 in Blawnox,
Pennsylvania to the late Charles A. Willard and Mary Pauline
Ploof Willard.
Mr. Willard was a veteran of the United
States Army, serving during the Korean War as a Corporal at the
Army Chemical Center in Maryland. He enjoyed his family and
reading. Fred was a former Hampton School Board Member and a
security guard for Butler School District after retirement.
Mr. Willard is survived by his wife, Mary
Ann Badali Willard, whom he married on April 11, 1953; two
daughters, Kathleen (Don) Harris of Butler, PA and Maureen
(Chip) Keen of Fort Collins, CO; two sons, Frederick L. (Maryjean)
Willard of Miles City, MT and David W. (Linda) Willard of Shaler,
PA nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one sister,
Margaret Gemas; and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents he was preceded
in death by two brothers, Frank Willard and Charles Willard.
Friends will be received
at Thompson -
Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street Butler, PA
on Thursday, June 9, 2011 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, June 10,
2011 at 1:00 p.m at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church.
Entombment will take place in the Butler
County Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may
be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's
Research, Church Street Station, P. O. Box 780, New York, NY
10008-0780.
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