Willard Earl Lyness

Willard and Edna in 1947
Willard in 1981

Father: John Joseph Lyness (1861-1951)

Mother: Alma Carrie McDermond (1865-1948)

Born December 13, 1888, at Walnut, Crawford County, Kansas.
Died December 24, 1988, at Lincoln, Nebraska.

Spouse: Edna Irene Rawlings (1895-1986)

Married May 26, 1920, at Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

Willard was superintendent of the agronomy farm at the University of Nebraska.

Children:

  1. M Warren Irl Lyness, b. April 24, 1921, at Lincoln, Nebraska; d. 1975.
  2. M Phillip Eugene Lyness, b. August 29, 1922, at Lincoln, Nebraska.
  3. F Phyllis Irene Lyness, b. August 29, 1922, at Lincoln, Nebraska.
  4. F Marilyn Jeannette Lyness, b. July 30, 1927, at Lincoln, Nebraska

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Modified September 21, 2007