He had been a patient in the hospital since Tuesday and although not in the best of health had worked up until last Friday.
Fifty-eight years old, he was born January 19, 1889, in Wyaconda, the son of Emmett and Mary Rains Billings. He had been a resident of Keokuk for 50 years and had worked at the Glaser-Crandall Company for the last seven years.
His mother died August 15, 1944, and his father July 21, 1933.
Surviving are three brothers, Ray F. Billings, Francis Billings and Albert E. Billings of Keokuk; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Suce and Mrs. Inez MacDonald of Keokuk, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Kahoka Gazette Herald - May 30, 1947ed
He had been a patient in the hospital since Tuesday and although not in the best of health had worked up until last Friday.
Fifty-eight years old, he was born January 19, 1889, in Wyaconda, the son of Emmett and Mary Rains Billings. He had been a resident of Keokuk for 50 years and had worked at the Glaser-Crandall Company for the last seven years.
His mother died August 15, 1944, and his father July 21, 1933.
Surviving are three brothers, Ray F. Billings, Francis Billings and Albert E. Billings of Keokuk; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Suce and Mrs. Inez MacDonald of Keokuk, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Kahoka Gazette Herald - May 30, 1947ed
Family Members
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Ray Frank Billings
1890–1954
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Jesse James Billings
1892–1895
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Georgia Ann Billings
1894–1894
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Grace Elizabeth "Gracie" Billings
1894–1895
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Inez Irene Billings MacDonald
1896–1969
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Cliffie Hazel Billings
1897–1899
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Velma Lee Billings
1900–1901
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Francis Emmett Billings
1902–1964
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Nora Ellen Billings Stice
1905–1975
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Albert Eugene Billings
1908–1982
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Joseph Harold Billings
1912–1914
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