Joseph R. Willott, 81, of 410 State St., Manitowoc, died Friday morning at home
after a three years illness.
Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Monday at Mittnacht Funeral Home, Manitowoc,
and at 9 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Manitowoc, the Rev. D.L. Krembs
officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Willott was born Oct. 23, 1879, at Manitowoc, son of the late William and
Agnes McGavin Willott. He was educated at Manitowoc public schools. For nearly 40
years he was a first engineer with the Goodrich Transit Co. on Great Lakes Ships,
working on the Alabama, Carolina and City of Grand Rapids. He married Katherine
Nemacheck in 1913 at Chicago and they lived there a short while before moving to
Manitowoc. In 1940 he was employed as an engineer at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc.,
retiring in 1955. Mr. Willott was a member of the Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart
parish and of the Knights of Columbus, Manitowoc Council 710.
Survivors include his wife; a son, George of Sunland, Calif.; a daugther, Mrs.
Victor Bohacek of Manitowoc, and seven grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rosary will be recited
at 7 p.m. Sunday by the Holy Name Society of the Daughters of Isabella and at 7:30 p.m.
by the Knights of Columbus.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. December 16, 1960 P. 9
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[Joseph Robert/d. 12-16-1960/age 81 yrs.]
Joseph R. Willott, 81, of 410 State St., Manitowoc, died Friday morning at home
after a three years illness.
Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Monday at Mittnacht Funeral Home, Manitowoc,
and at 9 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Manitowoc, the Rev. D.L. Krembs
officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Willott was born Oct. 23, 1879, at Manitowoc, son of the late William and
Agnes McGavin Willott. He was educated at Manitowoc public schools. For nearly 40
years he was a first engineer with the Goodrich Transit Co. on Great Lakes Ships,
working on the Alabama, Carolina and City of Grand Rapids. He married Katherine
Nemacheck in 1913 at Chicago and they lived there a short while before moving to
Manitowoc. In 1940 he was employed as an engineer at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc.,
retiring in 1955. Mr. Willott was a member of the Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart
parish and of the Knights of Columbus, Manitowoc Council 710.
Survivors include his wife; a son, George of Sunland, Calif.; a daugther, Mrs.
Victor Bohacek of Manitowoc, and seven grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rosary will be recited
at 7 p.m. Sunday by the Holy Name Society of the Daughters of Isabella and at 7:30 p.m.
by the Knights of Columbus.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. December 16, 1960 P. 9
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[Joseph Robert/d. 12-16-1960/age 81 yrs.]
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