Section: | 46 |
Space: | 8 |
Lot: | 11 |
Parents: | Anne & Hokkis Willis |
Spouse: | Louanne Willis |
Place of Birth: | Pensacola, Escambia Cnty. |
Occupation: | Civic |
Area: | 0 |
Jack Marvin Willis, 69, died August 18, 2010, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Alaska. He will be buried at St. John's Cemetery in Pensacola, FL, sometime next spring with his parents. Jack was born March 3, 1941 in Pensacola, FL. He attended Pensacola High School and the University of Florida. He moved to Alaska in 1980. Jack worked in civil service at Pensacola Naval Air Station until moving to Alaska in 1980. He worked in civil service at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska before becoming a fishing guide from 1992 to 2005 at Deshka Landing and in Homer. He was involved with search and rescue work and with Trout Unlimited, and enjoyed fishing, hunting, and watching car races. Surviving are his wife, Louanne Willis of Wasilla, Alaska; brothers, Tom Willis of Gulf Breeze, Jerry Willis of Wellington, Florida, and Tim Willis of Pensacola; children and families, Kathryn Buher of Wasilla, Alaska; Ski Williams and Rebecca Justice of Pensacola; Jack Webb, Jeff Webb, and Julie Bray of south Florida. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Anne and Hollis Willis. Arrangements by Alaskan Heritage Memorial Chapel & Crematory of Wasilla. |