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Show V" ' .A ' j ' T - ... itf ");, i Li I ill itt - - - - - ' j Nelda and Ivan Willis Ivan and Nelda Willis Celebrate 60th Wedding ESCALANTE Ivan and Nelda Willis of Escalante were married 60 years ago on November 8, 1934. They recently celebrated that special anniversary with all their children including Wayne and Maurine Dean, San Diego, Calif.; Elwood and Vaunda Willis, Glenwood, Utah; Lowell and Dorothy Willis, Lindon, Utah; Garna and Lynn Mclnelly, Beaver and Blaine Willis, Escalante. The celebration was held a month early because a number of the family also planned to attend LDS conference in Salt Lake City. Ivan was born and reared in Henrieville and worked in Panguitch for 16 years where he met Nelda, a who was a public health nurse at the time. He was employed by the Soil Conservation Corps when the couple moved to Escalante in 1960. He went on to be the first full-time employee for the Bureau of Land Management in this area before he retired. After having their children, Nelda returned to nursing and was employed at the Kazan Clinic for nine additional years. The Willises have 18 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. |
