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Sarah Melinda Willis

Female 1897 - 1972  (75 years)


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  • Name Sarah Melinda Willis  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 12 Oct 1897  Halls, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Obituary 1 Dec 1972  Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    New-Press 
    • Mrs. Sarah McFadden

      Mrs. Sarah McFadden died unexpectedly early this morning at her home at 6601 Washington street. She was 75.

      Born at Halls, Mrs. McFadden was a member of the Baptist Church.

      She is survived by a son, Jim McFadden, St. Joseph; two daughters, Mrs. Lorene Noland, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Margaret Kneib, Clarksdale; four sisters, Mrs. Bessie Gilley, Mrs. Cora Honeycutt, Luella Whittington and Mrs. Nora Decker, all of St. Joseph; a brother, Jack Willis, Caldwell, Idaho; seven grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

      Service arrangements are pending at the Rupp mortuary.
    Death 1 Dec 1972  Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Cause: heart disease/diabetes, hypertension 
    Burial 4 Dec 1972  New King Hill Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I14176  CCBasic
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2026 

    Father John D. Willis   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Eliza Blankenship   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F7459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Louis McFadden,   b. 21 May 1899, Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1952, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Children 
     1. Bertha Margarette McFadden,   b. 21 Sep 1918, Phelps City, Atchison County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1993 (Age 74 years)
     2. [Infant] McFadden,   b. 4 Oct 1922, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1922, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Jim McFadden   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Lorene McFadden   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F5407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S236] Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., United States -- Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936-2007, (Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936-2007 (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60901 : 2015)), 28 Jun 2018, entry for Bertha Margarette McFadden, 1993, accessed 28 June 2018 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S64] Missouri Bureau of Vital Records, Missouri Secretary of State, Missouri -- Death Certificates 1910-1975, (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ :n.d.), 28 Jun 2018, death certificate no. 27996 (1922), Baby McFadden, accessed 28 June 2018. (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S64] Missouri Bureau of Vital Records, Missouri Secretary of State, Missouri -- Death Certificates 1910-1975, (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ :n.d.), 16 Apr 2026, death certificate 72-024849 (1972), Sarah Melinda McFadden, accessed 16 Apr 2026. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S269] Missouri., Missouri, Buchanan County -- The St. Joseph News-Press Newspaper (Newspapers.com), 16 Apr 2026, "Mrs. Sarah McFadden," 01 December 1972, p. 7, col. 4; digital images(https://www.newspapers.com/image/561553097/ : accessed 16 Apr 2026). (Reliability: 3).