 1918 - 1995 (76 years)
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| Name |
Willard Thomas Jecks |
| Born |
1 Oct 1918 |
Wauconda Township, Illinois, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
26 Jul 1995 |
Moline, Illinois, USA |
| Buried |
Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States |
| Person ID |
I7745 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
8 Feb 2025 |
| Father |
Ellis Preston Jecks, b. 29 Sep 1888, McHenry County, Illinois, USA , d. 4 Oct 1970, Carroll, Iowa, USA (Age 82 years) |
| Mother |
Dora Isabel Grantham, b. 4 Sep 1888, Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA , d. 27 Mar 1973, Moline, Illinois, USA (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
27 Oct 1909 |
Woodstock, Illinois, USA |
- It seems that Ellis & Dora remarried on 18 Dec 1940 in Davenport, Iowa.
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| Family ID |
F17508 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ruby Louise Van Zandbergen, b. 3 Feb 1928, Rock Island, Illinois, USA , d. 25 Sep 2015, Rock Island, Illinois, USA (Age 87 years) |
| Married |
11 Jun 1949 |
Rock Island, Illinois, USA |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
8 Feb 2025 |
| Family ID |
F17521 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 1 Oct 1918 - Wauconda Township, Illinois, USA |
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 | Married - 11 Jun 1949 - Rock Island, Illinois, USA |
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 | Died - 26 Jul 1995 - Moline, Illinois, USA |
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 | Buried - - Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States |
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| Headstones |
 | Willard Jecks
Willard T.
Jecks
SGT
US Army Air Corps
World War II
Oct 1 1918
Jul 26 1995 |
| Obituary & Death Notice |
 | Willard Jecks
Willard Jecks
Services for Willard Jecks, 76, 2206 46th St., Rock Island, are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial is in National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, with military rites conducted.
Visitation is 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, with masonic services at 7:30. Memorials may be made to Heart Fund or Church of Peace United Church of Christ Centennial Fund.
Mr. Jecks died Wednesday, July 26, 1995, at Trinity Medical Center, East Campus, Moline.
Mr. Jecks was born Oct. 1, 1918, in Wauconda, Ill., the son of Ellis Preston and Dora Isabel Grantham Jecks. He married Ruby Louise VanZandbergen June 11, 1949, in Rock Island.
He attended Bradley University, Peoria.
He was employed as inspection foreman at Eagle Signal Corp., formerly of Moline, until 1966. Later, he worked as a quality assurance specialist at the Rock Island Arsenal, for 14 years.
He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Moline Consistory and Rock Island Lodge 658. He was also active in local camping clubs.
He was a World War II Army veteran.
He enjoyed traveling, woodworking and mall walking.
Survivors include the widow; sons and daughters-in-law, Fred and Barbara Jecks, Deltona, Fla., and Robert and Marcy Jecks, East Moline; and grandchildren, Daniel, Kelly, Timothy and Lisa.
--The Dispatch, Moline, Illinois, July 28, 1995 Page 5 |
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