Cleon H. Wills: Killed in the Doodlebug Rail Accident, July 31, 1940, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Cleon H. Wills: Killed in the Doodlebug Rail Accident, July 31, 1940, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

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Died at the age of 50. Husband of Mary (Maynard) Wills. Cleon lived on 3rd Street in Cuyahoga Falls. He was an architect working for Fulton & McCreary, Cleveland Architects. He graduated from Carnegie Tech. Cleon was a World War I veteran, a member of Charles Faust Post 281 of the American Legion and a member of St. John's Episcopal Church. He was interested in the development of a city park system. He was survived by his wife, son, daughter and a brother.

Cleon was killed in the Doodlebug Train Accident.

FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:

1905

Cleon H. Wills, student, home - N. Front St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

1910

Cleon H. Wills, draftsman, home - es N. Front St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

1915

Cleon H. Wills, draftsman - Henry & Murphy, home - 325 N. Front St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

1920

Cleon H. Wills, (Mary L.), draftsman - M.L. Lauer, home - 411 N. Front St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

1935

Cleon H. Wills, (May M.), architect - Barstow & LeFeber Inc., home - 2119 3rd St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

1940

Cleon H. Wills, (May M.), architect, home - 2119 3rd St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

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The Doodlebug rail car. (See link at end for my Doodlebug blog).

Cleon H. Wills in uniform during his World War I service.

Standing in back; Clifford Wills, Cleon Wills, others unknown.

The Wills graves at Oakwood Cemetery.

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