IN MEMORIAM
John Willies Jr., 94; Father,
Banker, Friend To Mankind
COOPERSTOWN – John Willies Jr., formerly of West Orange, N.J., and most recently The Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home passed peacefully from this life to the next on March 12, 2018. He was 94.
He was a much-loved only child, husband, father, uncle, grandpa, great-grandpa and dear friend to many.
Born June 28, 1923, in Newark, he was the son of the late John and Helen M. (Burnett) Willies of West Orange. After graduating from West Orange High School in 1941, John was employed by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. until November 1942, when he enlisted in the Navy. John was honorably discharged from duty in December 1945 as a pharmacist's mate second class.