Brother: John N. Willys who was Ambassadore to Poland.
John N. Willys, who recently resigned as Ambassadore to Poland, was in this city, Tuesday, enroute from New York to Toledo, where he will resume charge of the Willys Overland Company.
He was guest of honor at a family luncheon given by his sister, Mrs. Mary A. Sleght, of Rochester, at her summer home on the West Lake Shore and entertained the group at dinner at the Canandaigua, Tuesday evening. Mr. Willys is a native of Canandaigua.
Published: Ontario County Times Journal
August 5, 1932
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Mrs. Mary Willys Sleght, 71, former Canandaiguan, died in a Rochester sanitarium today following a long illness.
Born in Canandaigua, she was the daughter of David and Lydia North Willys, and sister of the late John North Willys, automobile magnate and ambassador to Poland, and Mrs. James Castle Saye.
She served as third matron of Canandaigua chapter OES, organized in 1905. She had been a resident of Rochester about 30 years. Survivors are two sons and a daughter, Jarvis W. Sleght and Mrs. Lawrence DeVoll, Rochester, and John North Sleght, Port Washington, five grandchildren and a cousin, Mrs. Mabel R. Smith of this city. Funeral services will be held Sunday from Hedges Memorial chapel, Rochester, with committal services graveside at Woodlawn Cemetery, this city, Monday at 10:30.
Published: Canandaigua Daily Messenger
July 29, 1949
John N. Willys, who recently resigned as Ambassadore to Poland, was in this city, Tuesday, enroute from New York to Toledo, where he will resume charge of the Willys Overland Company.
He was guest of honor at a family luncheon given by his sister, Mrs. Mary A. Sleght, of Rochester, at her summer home on the West Lake Shore and entertained the group at dinner at the Canandaigua, Tuesday evening. Mr. Willys is a native of Canandaigua.
Published: Ontario County Times Journal
August 5, 1932
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Mrs. Mary Willys Sleght, 71, former Canandaiguan, died in a Rochester sanitarium today following a long illness.
Born in Canandaigua, she was the daughter of David and Lydia North Willys, and sister of the late John North Willys, automobile magnate and ambassador to Poland, and Mrs. James Castle Saye.
She served as third matron of Canandaigua chapter OES, organized in 1905. She had been a resident of Rochester about 30 years. Survivors are two sons and a daughter, Jarvis W. Sleght and Mrs. Lawrence DeVoll, Rochester, and John North Sleght, Port Washington, five grandchildren and a cousin, Mrs. Mabel R. Smith of this city. Funeral services will be held Sunday from Hedges Memorial chapel, Rochester, with committal services graveside at Woodlawn Cemetery, this city, Monday at 10:30.
Published: Canandaigua Daily Messenger
July 29, 1949
Brother: John N. Willys who was Ambassadore to Poland.
John N. Willys, who recently resigned as Ambassadore to Poland, was in this city, Tuesday, enroute from New York to Toledo, where he will resume charge of the Willys Overland Company.
He was guest of honor at a family luncheon given by his sister, Mrs. Mary A. Sleght, of Rochester, at her summer home on the West Lake Shore and entertained the group at dinner at the Canandaigua, Tuesday evening. Mr. Willys is a native of Canandaigua.
Published: Ontario County Times Journal
August 5, 1932
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Mrs. Mary Willys Sleght, 71, former Canandaiguan, died in a Rochester sanitarium today following a long illness.
Born in Canandaigua, she was the daughter of David and Lydia North Willys, and sister of the late John North Willys, automobile magnate and ambassador to Poland, and Mrs. James Castle Saye.
She served as third matron of Canandaigua chapter OES, organized in 1905. She had been a resident of Rochester about 30 years. Survivors are two sons and a daughter, Jarvis W. Sleght and Mrs. Lawrence DeVoll, Rochester, and John North Sleght, Port Washington, five grandchildren and a cousin, Mrs. Mabel R. Smith of this city. Funeral services will be held Sunday from Hedges Memorial chapel, Rochester, with committal services graveside at Woodlawn Cemetery, this city, Monday at 10:30.
Published: Canandaigua Daily Messenger
July 29, 1949
John N. Willys, who recently resigned as Ambassadore to Poland, was in this city, Tuesday, enroute from New York to Toledo, where he will resume charge of the Willys Overland Company.
He was guest of honor at a family luncheon given by his sister, Mrs. Mary A. Sleght, of Rochester, at her summer home on the West Lake Shore and entertained the group at dinner at the Canandaigua, Tuesday evening. Mr. Willys is a native of Canandaigua.
Published: Ontario County Times Journal
August 5, 1932
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Mrs. Mary Willys Sleght, 71, former Canandaiguan, died in a Rochester sanitarium today following a long illness.
Born in Canandaigua, she was the daughter of David and Lydia North Willys, and sister of the late John North Willys, automobile magnate and ambassador to Poland, and Mrs. James Castle Saye.
She served as third matron of Canandaigua chapter OES, organized in 1905. She had been a resident of Rochester about 30 years. Survivors are two sons and a daughter, Jarvis W. Sleght and Mrs. Lawrence DeVoll, Rochester, and John North Sleght, Port Washington, five grandchildren and a cousin, Mrs. Mabel R. Smith of this city. Funeral services will be held Sunday from Hedges Memorial chapel, Rochester, with committal services graveside at Woodlawn Cemetery, this city, Monday at 10:30.
Published: Canandaigua Daily Messenger
July 29, 1949
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