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Willard Charles “Bill” Grabau

Birth : 23 Jul 1921 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Death : 8 Aug 1990 Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
Burial : Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate : 42.0301208, -93.6061249
Plot : Garden of Memories. G.M.-0-58-2
Description : Willard (Bill) C. Grabau, was the son of Herman G. Grabau and Hilda C Claussen.
He had volunteered for the navy following Pearl Harbor, and married Ruth Barrie on March 11, 1944, during one of his shore leaves in Norfolk, VA. Soon afterward, Bill was shipped to the Pacific where he served on the destroyer U.S.S. Colette.

Their marriage produced four children—Tom, Martha, Gary and Joe. Ruth and Bill solved the post-war housing shortage in 1946 by buying the one-room Smalley Country School, which opened for classes in 1890 and was abandoned in 1941, at an auction for $800. (At the... Read More

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    Willard Charles “Bill” Grabau's memorial is located at: Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Story County, USA.

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    Willard Charles “Bill” Grabau death on 8 Aug 1990 in Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA

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    Latitude: 42.0301208
    Longitude: -93.6061249

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1. Ames Municipal Cemetery
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0301208, -93.6061249

2. First Christian Church Columbarium
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Coordinate: 42.0270500, -93.6174100

3. Bloomington Cemetery
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4. Saint Thomas Aquinas Columbarium
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5. Saint Johns Episcopal Church Columbarium
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6. Collegiate United Methodist Church Columbarium
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7. Iowa State University Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0306000, -93.6539000

8. Collegiate Presbyterian Church Columbarium
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9. Story Memorial Gardens
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10. Saint Andrews Lutheran Church Columbarium
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11. Ontario Cemetery
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12. McMichael Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0852203, -93.5915833

13. Arrasmith Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0855600, -93.5913900

14. Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1063740, -93.5614370

15. Walnut Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.9468994, -93.5903015

16. Gilbert Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.1135063, -93.6402512

17. Kelley Community Cemetery
Kelley, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9496000, -93.6582000

18. Knoll Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0489006, -93.4869003

19. Born Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.1222277, -93.5905220

20. Olive Branch Cemetery
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21. Bethany Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.9366989, -93.6594009

22. Evergreen Memory Gardens
Nevada, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0424995, -93.4682999

23. Lincoln Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.9235992, -93.6097031

24. Saint Patricks Cemetery
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