Randall 'Tip' T. Willis

RANDALL 'TIP' WILLIS MUSCATINE, Iowa #45;- Randall T. 'Tip' Willis, 51, of Muscatine, died suddenly Monday, July 3, 2006, at Unity Hospital. Memorial Service will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 7, 2006, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 211 Walnut Street, Muscatine. The Reverend Betsy Lee and Reverend Don Sondrol will officiate the service. Private burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine. There will be no visitation and the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Muscatine Chapter of Ducks Unlimited or the Muscatine High School Football and Wrestling Programs. 'Tip' was born on June 10, 1955, in Muscatine, the son of Vernon H. 'Poke' and Patricia Tipton Willis. He married Teresa Freeman on May 24, 1986, in Muscatine. He was a graduate of the class of 1973 from Muscatine High School and also graduated from William Penn College. 'Tip' was owner of the V.H. Willis Company of Muscatine. He was a member of the Muscatine Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and worked on their annual banquets. He enjoyed hunting with his son and friends, riverboats, spending time with his family on the river and Towhead I...[more]

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nd, and working on class projects with his daughter. Survivors include his wife, Teresa Willis of Muscatine; one son, Treaver Willis of Muscatine; one daughter, Terra Willis of Muscatine; his mother, Patricia Willis of Muscatine; one sister, Debra Elliott and husband, Keith, of Muscatine; nieces, Jessica, Katie, Bree and Courtney; nephews, Eric, Nick, Corey and Bryce; a great-nephew, Gavin; his father-in-law, Jack Freeman of Wilton; a brother-in-law, Mike Freeman and wife, Melissa, of Rochester; and a sister-in-law, Melissa Hummel and husband, Steve, of Kileen, Texas. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Clint and Jessie Willis and Randall and Leila Tipton, his father Vernon H. 'Poke' Willis, and his mother-in-law, Pauline Freeman.