Willard More, Sr.

Willard E. Bill More, Sr., 85, formerly of Mechanicsville, Iowa, died December 10, 2006 in Sun City, Arizona. He is survived by his wife, Shirley More, five children; Terry More of Phoenix, AZ, Willard More, Jr., of Portland, Oregon, Scott Newland Patricia of Sunnyvale, Texas, David Newland Sonya of Litchfield, AZ, Karen Davidson Peter of Huntington Beach, CA, brother-in-law Robert Kreutner Sharon, of Shellsburg, IA, 11 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, two nieces and one nephew. Bill was born August 3, 1921 in Blue Earth, MN to Mildred and Floyd More. He married Shirley Kreutner Newland on December 29, 1973 in Troy Mills, Iowa. Bill was a veteran of WWII, where he received a Purple Heart for heroism in a conflict at Mostaganem, Algeria, in 1943. He was also a veteran of the Korean War. He retired from the Army as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 after 22 years. In 1983, after 17 years, Bill retired from the Federal Government