February 23, 1993

AUGUSTA M. WILLA

Augusta Minnie Willa, 95, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 11, 1897, at Whitewater, daughter of W.J. and Minnie Eggimann. She and Benj Willa were married Nov. 14, 1914. He died Feb. 15, 1950...

Augusta Minnie Willa, 95, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center.

She was born Sept. 11, 1897, at Whitewater, daughter of W.J. and Minnie Eggimann. She and Benj Willa were married Nov. 14, 1914. He died Feb. 15, 1950.

Willa was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.

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Survivors include two daughters, Esther Slaughter and Bernice Hunze of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Edith Simmons of DeSoto; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by a sister and brother.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Ernest Swartz will officiate, with burial in Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery at Gordonville.

Friends may call at the funeral home from noon to service time.

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