Beloved husband of Sadie (nee Cheesman) Willard, loving father of Diana Ashcraft (Joe Leaif), Abby (Donald) Jackson, and Kim Willard, proud grandfather of five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, dear brother of Christine (Edwin) Chriswell and the late James Willard and Tony Willard, also preceded in death by his parents, James and Arlene (nee Hopkins) Willard.