Elbert L. Willett

Elbert L. Willett, 76, of Quincy, died at 7:02 p.m. Saturday (April 30, 2011) at Blessing Hospital.

Born June 10, 1934,in Hannibal, Mo., Elbert was the son of the Rev. Russell L. Willett and Virgie Doke Noel. He married Carolyn Adams on Jan. 18, 1959, in Calvary Baptist Church in Hannibal. She survives.

Elbert was a member of Madison Park Christian Church and the Quarter Century Club at Gardner-Denver Co.

He enjoyed working on his car, going to auctions, talking to people at the coffee shop and attending his high school classmates luncheons. He especially loved camping and spending time with his grandchildren.

He served his country in the U.S. Army.

Elbert was employed at Gardner-Denver Co. in the tool department for more than 30 years, retiring in 1997.

Survivors in addition to his wife, Carolyn, include a daughter, Kim Andresen and her husband, Ron, of Palmyra, Mo.; two grandchildren, Camra Begley and her husband, Dale, of Palmyra, Mo., and William Andresen and his fiancee, Jennifer Miller, of Quincy; two great-grandchildren, Ethan Begley and Cooper Begley, both of

Palmyra; one brother, Donald Willett of Hannibal; a sister, Mary Nell Munger of Hannibal. Also surviving are several loving nieces and nephews.

Mr. Willett was preceded in death by his parents and a son, David Willett.

SERVICES: 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home in Quincy, with the Rev. Robert Axton conducting. Burial with military honors by the Emmette J. Shields Hannibal

American Legion Post No. 55 will be at Grand View Burial Park in Hannibal.

VISITATION: 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home in Quincy.

MEMORIALS: Blessing Cancer Center.

ARRANGEMENTS: Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home, Quincy.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.whig.com.