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Willard Russel Karnes
Lilah Crowe2019-11-26T12:24:48-06:00
- Name: Willard Russel Karnes
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- Date of Birth: March 31, 1918
- Date of Death: August 18, 1973 (55 years old)
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- Highest Rank: BM 1 (Boatswain's Mate Petty Officer 1st Class)
- Branch: Navy
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World War II
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Willard was a 22-year resident of Trout Lake, Minnesota.
He was a member of the Ponti-Peterson VFW post at Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
He had been a maintenance mechanic with Butler Brothers at Nashwauk, Minnesota.
Survivors are his wife, Maire; daughter, Connie Marie; six sons, Russell, Daniel, Larry, Lonnie, Willard, Jr, and Bernard; a sister, Elaine Upsal; four brothers, Robert, Eugene, Clyde and Ralph; and five grandchildren.
Buried in Harris Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot 2.25.1.8)
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