Willa Mae McNair, 103

Willa Mae McNair, 103, of Fort Calhoun, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, in Blair.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in the Fort Calhoun Cemetery. There is no visitation.

Willa Mae McNair was born Dec. 12, 1903, in Byron, Ill. Her family moved to Tekamah when she was 3 years old, and to a farm east of Fort Calhoun when she was 7 years old.

She married Fred McNair on March 23, 1923, in Sioux City, Iowa.

Mrs. McNair was a member of the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church, the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Women’s Association, and the Washington County Historical Museum Guild.

She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Marion Tucker of Fort Calhoun and June and Ross Rasmussen of Allegan, Mich.; son Robert McNair of El Cajon, Calif.; four grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred, in 1981; and a grandson, Gene Lauritsen.

Memorials are suggested to the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church of the Fort Calhoun Rescue Squad.

Sievers-Sprick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

World Herald 24 Jan 2007

McNair – Willa Mae, age 103, of Fort Calhoun, NE. Preceded in death by husband, Fred McNair; grandson, Gene Lauritsen. Survived by daughter, Marion Tucker, of Fort Calhoun; daughter and son-in-law, June and Ross Rasmussen, of Allegan, MI; son, Robert McNair of El Cajon, CA, 4 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren, 12 great great grandchildren.

No Visitation. Funeral Service: Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 10:00 am at Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church. Interment: Fort Calhoun Cemetery. Memorials to: Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church of Fort Calhoun Rescue Squad.

Sievers-Sprick Ft. Calhoun, NE 402-468-5678

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~