January 25, 2004

Willard Douglas

Willard C. Douglas, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 23, 2004, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 6, 1909, in Illmo, Mo., son of O.C. and Mae Smith Douglas. He and Eva Morgan were married. She preceded him in death. He married Sally Hobbs Aug. 28, 1976...

Willard C. Douglas, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 23, 2004, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

He was born May 6, 1909, in Illmo, Mo., son of O.C. and Mae Smith Douglas. He and Eva Morgan were married. She preceded him in death. He married Sally Hobbs Aug. 28, 1976.

He was a civil engineer for the U.S. Corps of Engineers St. Louis district; retiring in 1970. Douglas was a life member of Illmo United Methodist Church. He graduated from Illmo High School in 1928 and attended Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind.

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Survivors include his wife; and two sisters, Evelyn Costello of Temeckula, Calif. and Edna Maupin of Pine Bluff, Ark.

He was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters.

A memorial service will be held at 10:30 p.m. Monday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Jim Woeltje will officiate. Burial will be Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.

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