Florence Lee Willett b. 23 Feb 1897 , Callaway, Missouri, USA d. 8 Feb 1920 Fulton Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1897 - 1920

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Birth	23 Feb 1897	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Gender	Female
Died	8 Feb 1920	Fulton Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Cause: influenza and pneumonia
Obituary	12 Feb 1920	Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Fulton Telegraph
	School Teacher Died Sunday Miss Florence Willett Passed Away at Home of Mrs. Nan Hall, Northwest of Fulton. Miss Florence Willett, teacher of the Sunrise school, northwest of Fulton, died at 11 o'clock, Sunday night, at the home of Mrs. Nan Hall, where she had been boarding. Miss Willett would have been 23 years old on February 25. Miss Willett was taken ill with influenza about a week ago. Jut a short time before her death she lapsed into unconsciousness, this being followed by a severe hemorrhage, and death followed almost immediately. A sister, Miss Ollie Willett, and a cousin, Miss Bessie Haymart, who is attending the Fulton high school, are ill at the Willett home on Tenth Street in Fulton with influenza. Mrs. Willett herself is in frail health and the shock of the death of her daughter has been a severe one on her. Miss Willett was born in the White Cloud neighborhood, west of town, but had been livng in Fulton since she was about seven years old. She attended the Fulton schools and was graduated from the Teachers Training Department of the local high school. For the past three years years she had been teaching at the Sunrise school in the Sunrise neighborhood, as well as in Fulton. She was held in the highest esteem for her friendly disposition and her willingness always to be of service to her relatives and friends. She was given an increase in salary each succeding year at the Sunrise school without solicitation on her part showing the high regard in which she was held by the director of the district. Last summer Miss Willett attended the State Teachers College at Warrensburg. Miss Willett was a member of the Christian church and took an active part in the work of the Sunday school and Christian Endeavor. Here she had many warm loyal friends, to whom she was the embodiment of good nature and kindliness. Everywhere she went she won friends because of her loveable disposition and true Christian character. Besides her mother, Mrs. Mary F. Willett, she is survived by one brother, Tom, and a sister, Miss Ollie. The body was brought to Fulton, Monday, and funeral services probably will be held Tuesday with burial in the new cemetery.
Obituary	12 Feb 1920	Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Gazette
	Young Teacher Died Sunday. Miss Florrence Willett Passed Away Last Night After Week's Illness with Influenza. Miss florence Willett, 22 years old, died Sunday night at 11:30 o'clock at the hone of Mrs. Ann Hall, about six miles northwest of Fulton. Miss Willett was teacher of the Sunrise school northwest of Fulton, and was boarding at the home of Mrs. Hall, where she was taken ill with influenza about a week ago. About 11:00 o'clock Sunday night she was taken with a hemorrhage, becoming unconscious from it's effects and dying in about half an hour. The body was brought to Fulton Monday afternoon, and after short funeral services at the home, conducted by the Rev. W.C. Alcorn, internment was in the new cemetery. Miss Willett had been teacher of Sunrise school for three years, and was one of Callaway's most successful instructors, having received an increase in salary every year. She was re-elected each year without even making application for the place. She was a graduate of the Fulton high school, taking the teachers' training course here, and last summer attended the Warrensburg Normal School. She had been a member of the Fulton Christian church for a number of years, and was a teacher in the Sunday school of that church. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary Willett, of Tenth street, one sister, Miss Ollie, who is confined to her bed with illness, and a brother, Thomas, of this city, who, with his wife, was with Miss Florance at the time of her death. The death of this successful young teacher will be received with sadness in the community in which she taught, and also by her Fulton and Callaway county friends. Great sympathy is felt for the bereaved family who mourn their loss.
_STAT	Never Married
Buried	Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Person ID	I5233	Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
Last Modified	27 May 2009

Father	William Willett, d. befor 1920
Mother	Mary Francis Musgrove, b. 22 Oct 1857, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 13 Mar 1927, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
Married	28 May 1881	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Family ID	F1617	Group Sheet

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	Birth - 23 Feb 1897 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Died - Cause: influenza and pneumonia - 8 Feb 1920 - Fulton Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Obituary - Fulton Telegraph - 12 Feb 1920 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Obituary - Gazette - 12 Feb 1920 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Buried - - Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA

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