Funeral services for Willard Bailey were held on Friday, March 5, 1976, at 10 a.m. at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning. Rev. Joel Wright of the First Presbyterian Church was in charge. Mrs. Judy Jones was the soloist and Mrs. Bonita Hagedorn was the organist. Casketbearers were Orval Fink, Ernest Grimm, Louis Popp, Merlin Struve, Hugo Ress, and Clyde Kenyon. Burial was in the Manning Cemetery.

Willard, son of George and Adeline (Stromme) Bailey, was born January 18, 1904, at Missouri Valley, Iowa. He graduated from Manning High School in 1924 and then went to work for the Lewis Reinhold Co. in Manning. He was united in marriage with Effie Wiese in March of 1925.

Willard worked for the Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington, during World War II and then returned to Carroll to work. In 1959 they moved to Portland, Oregon. His wife died August 2, 1970, and Willard continued to make his home in Portland until about three weeks ago when he moved to Denver, Colorado, to be near his daughter. He passed away on Monday, March 1, at Rose Memorial Hospital in Denver at the age of 71 years, 1 month, and 13 days.

Besides his wife, Willard was preceded in death by his father, one sister and two brothers.

He is survived by his daughter Mrs. Arthur (Shirley) Calabra, Denver, four grandchildren, Teresa, Cris, Jon and Steven; his mother, Mrs. Adeline Bryan, North Long Beach, California; two brothers, Lee Bailey, Corona, California, and John Bailey, North Long Beach, California, and by many other relatives and friends.