JACKSON -- Adolf Wille, 81, of 124 N. Bast in Jackson died at St. Francis Medical Center Saturday, Feb. 27, 1993.
He was born March 24, 1911, the son of William and Annie Roloff Wille.
On Aug. 29, 1947 in St. Charles, he married the former Evelyn Green. She survives.
He is also survived by one brother, Ollie Wille, Jackson; one sister, Esther Schafer, Jackson; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Three brothers and four sisters preceded him in death.
He had lived in St. Louis where he worked as a tool and die maker for the West St. Louis Machine Tool and Die Company. He retired in 1973.
He moved to Jackson in 1972 and was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson.
In 1992, he received his 50 year pin from Progressive Lodge 41 IAMAW.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson with the Rev. Lawrence Etherton, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Russell Heights Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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