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Rector Thomas “Rex” Billings

15 Jan 1921 – 27 Jan 2000

Birth	15 Jan 1921
Death	27 Jan 2000
Cemetery	Greenlawn Memorial Park Fort Wayne , Allen County , Indiana , USA
Added by	PLS on 30 May 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74567565

Bio

Rector T. "Rex" Billings, 79, of Bear Lake, Albion, a World War II Army veteran, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, at Whitley Memorial Hospital. The Freer, Texas, native retired in 1983 from Dial-X in Merriam, had worked at Merklers Machine Works in Fort Wayne as tool and die maker, member of Wolf Lake VFW Post 4717, American Legion Post 98, Second Indian Head Division Association and 40&8 in Churubusco. Surviving are his wife, Ruth I.; a son, Alan E. of Fort Wayne; daughters Gayle Rose of Littrell, Calif.; Marsha E. Capps of Fort Wayne and Dianne Ladig of Wolf Lake; a brother, Pat of Austin, Texas; sisters Dora M. Trainer of Coshocton, Ohio, Lora G. Hail of Camarillo, Calif., and June Polk of Johnson City, Texas; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lillian, a son, Melvin, three brothers and a sister. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City, with calling from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Burial with military honors will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne. Memorials are to Second Indian Head Association or Wolf Lake VFW Post 4717. Information provided by Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City, 1-219-244-7601. News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - January 28, 2000

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Family

Parents

• William Edward Billings 1885–1956
• Minna "Minnie" Wendt Billings 1892–1970

Spouse

• Lillian Rose Williams Billings 1925–1951 FaG
• Ruth I. Gosda Billings 1928–2013 FaG

Siblings

• Amy Ann Billings Shanks 1923–1996
• Carter William Billings 1934–1963
• Wesley Rogers Billings 1935–1992

Children

• Melvin Rex Billings 1956–1973 FaG

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