EDWIN WILLESEN Ed Willesen, 72, rural Gray, died at his home Monday, August 16, 1976, of an apparent heart attack.

Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, near Gray with the Rev. Steve Persa officiating. Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Ohde Funeral Home, Manning.

Mr. Willesen was born October 5, 1904, at Douglas Township, Audubon County, a son of Rasmus and Metta (Hansen) Willesen. He attended the Gray Schools and was married on September 25, 1929, to Elsie Fonken. They farmed near Gray since their marriage.

Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Amos, (Myra) Asmus, and Mrs. Dennis (Sharon) Grimm both of Gray, and 11 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, his parents, three brothers and one sister.