Donald Willis

Minerva High School

Class of 1963

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Donald Willis - Class of 1963 - Minerva High School

First Name	Donald
Last Name	Willis
Graduation Year	Class of 1963
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	OH
Country	United States
Occupation	Embalmer/professional bagpiper
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	Mr. Lamb and band activities and Mrs. Logan's French Class just to name a few.
About Me	After graduation from undertaking college, I went off to start my career as an embalmer at Brown-Forward Funeral Home in Shaker Heights, OH. Oldest funeral parlour in Ohio - have been in business since 1825. Enlisted in the Air Force from 1968 - 1972. Worked as a surgical nurse, hospital embalmer and autopsy deiner during that time. Married in 1970. Following military discharge, I returned to Brown-Forward. Our daughter was born in 1974. In 1980 I left the security of the funeral parlour and started my own embalming service, working for approximately 35 funeral homes through Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties. To date have embalmed approximately 25,000 bodies. In 2001, I semi-retired from my business and returned to the more quiet atmosphere of t...(read more)