Willis Carl Ernest b. 22 Feb 1883 Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa d. 24 Jul 1955 Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota

1883 - 1955 (72 years)

Name	Willis Carl Ernest [1]
Born	22 Feb 1883	Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa [1]
Gender	Male
Name	Will
Died	24 Jul 1955	Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota [1]
Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa [1]
Person ID	I9413	Jerry Milo Johnson
Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

Father	August Ernest, b. 17 Oct 1843, Germany , d. 02 Aug 1906, Jackson Township, Taylor County, Iowa (Age 62 years)
Relationship	Natural
Mother	Hannah Magdeline Deitch, b. 11 Jan 1858, Fredericksburg, Maryland , d. 26 Apr 1923, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa (Age 65 years)
Relationship	Natural
Married	02 Sep 1873 [1]
Family ID	F3347	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Georgia Dean Slawson, b. 15 Oct 1889, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa , d. 02 Sep 1974, Creston, Union County, Iowa (Age 84 years)

Married 15 Dec 1912 [1]

Children

	1. U. Ernest
	2. W.D. Ernest

Family ID F2958 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 22 Feb 1883 - Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa
	Died - 24 Jul 1955 - Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota
	Buried - - Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa

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Notes

Listed in 1900 Iowa Census, Taylor County, Jackson Twp (ED# 122, Sheet 2B)

Listed in 1910 Iowa Census, Taylor County, Jackson Twp (ED# 135, Sheet 4A)

Listed in 1910 Iowa Census, Ringgold County, Clinton Twp (ED# ?, Sheet 8A)
- Living with brother Frederick

Listed in 1920 Iowa Census, Taylor County, Gay Twp, Blockton (ED# 141, Sheet 2A)

Listed in 1930 Iowa Census, Taylor County, Gay Twp (ED# 87-17, Sheet 1A)

Obit:
W. C. Ernest Died At RochesterW. C. Ernest, farmer living in the East Mission community, died at St. Mary's hospital in Rochester, Minn., Sunday. He was taken by plane to the Mayo clinic on Wednesday and the body was returned by plane after his death on Sunday.
Funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, July 26, conducted by Rev. Fred H. Cowles of the Baptist church. Burial [was] in Fairview cemetery.
Willis Carl Ernest was born at Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, on Feb. 22, 1883, and died at the age of 72 years, five months, two days. He was a son of August and Hannah [Ditch] Ernest and lived his entire life in Taylor County.
On December 15, 1912, he was married to Georgia Dean Slauson and to them one son was born.
He is survived by his wife Georgia; the son, Willis Dean; his daughter-in-law, Darline [Opal Hughes]; one granddaughter, Joyce Ann.
Also by four brothers, Frank Ernest of Denver, Colo., Fred Ernest of Conway, Glen Ernest of Bedford, Herman Ernest of Clarinda; four sisters, Mrs. Rose Larison, Mrs. Allie Brown, Mrs. Roy Spurgeon of Bedford, Mrs. Loula Reece of Denver, Colo.
(Bedford Times-Press, Thursday July 23, 1955 [p. 1])

Sources
[S117] Chester Family Gedcom, Joe Chester.