1890 ★ 1918
34TH C.O 9TH T. B.
U. S. A.
The back of his grave marker in Oak Grove Cemetery shows us what his grieving family must have felt upon learning that their Russell had died.
UNDERSTAND
Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Some day we will understand
Russell M. Willey (b. 1890, d. 1918), the son of Isreal and Rebecca Willey of Delaware, Ohio, died while serving in the U. S. Army during World War I.
RUSSELL M. WILLEY
1890 ★ 1918
34TH C.O 9TH T. B.
U. S. A.
The back of his grave marker in Oak Grove Cemetery shows us what his grieving family must have felt upon learning that their Russell had died.
SOME DAY WE WILL
UNDERSTAND Russell Willey’s draft card and military record (both via Ancestry.com), reveal that Russell died of pneumonia. He was unmarried.
Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio
1890 ★ 1918
34TH C.O 9TH T. B.
U. S. A.
The back of his grave marker in Oak Grove Cemetery shows us what his grieving family must have felt upon learning that their Russell had died.
UNDERSTAND
Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio
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Pneumonia must have been a result of exposure while serving. Like so many parents, they were probably grieving about the waste of the young to war. So sad.
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