Willa Juliano

December 18, 1923 - November 1, 2017

WILLA JULIANO Willa Jean Juliano, 93, of Fortuna, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Good Shepherd Care Center, Versailles, Missouri. She was born December 18, 1923 in Diagond, Iowa, a daughter of Frank Alan and Iva May (Hooker) Higgins. She was united in marriage to Larry Juliano and together they shared many year of marriage. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a grandson, Terry Lovelace and four siblings, Darlene Owens, Maxine Hogan, Frank Higgins and George Higgins. Survivors include her son, Rodger Juliano of Fortuna, Missouri; four grandchildren, Jim Lovelace of Lockport, Illinois, Brandy Juliano of Schaumburg, Illinois, Steve Lovelace of Springfield, Illinois and Ashley Gleason of Boling Brook, Illinois; numerous great-grandchildren; a brother, Cecil Higgins of Fortuna, Missouri; two sisters, Catherine Cheser of Marysville, California and Doris Higgins of Wheaton, Illinois and a host of nieces and nephews. Willa was raised in Iowa and later moved to Chicago. She lived in Kansas and eventually settled in Washington where she worked as an electrical engineer for Boeing for thirty-one years. She purchased a turkey farm in Fortuna and made her home there. She worked for the nursing home in Tipton for many years. She was a member of West Union Baptist Church in Versailles. A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 11, 2017 at West Union Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Saturday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to West Union Baptist Church. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.