DeLora Marie Willis, longtime Ballard resident, died Sept. 27 in Springfield, Ore., of age-related causes at age 98. She was born Mar. 10, 1908, in Halfway, Ore., to Henry and Anna Koger Anson. She married Glenn Willis on Nov. 13, 1928 in Okanogan and moved to the Ballard-Crown Hill area in the 1940s. She worked at Boeing during WW II and in the fish processing industry in Seattle for many years until her retirement.

DeLora was preceded in death by her husband Glenn and daughter Nona McGilvra.

Survivors include daughter Sharon Miller of Springfield, OR; two sisters, Mary See of Powell, WY and Florine Critchlow of Lake Francois, B.C.; brother Robert McGrath of Denair, CA; and seven grandchildren, Dee Dee Murphy (Charlie), Reedsport, OR, Guy Anderson, Springfield, OR, Elizabeth Miller, Seattle, Steve Miller (Ruiko), Honolulu, HI, Gordon Miller (Amy), Santa Rosa, CA, Greg Miller, NYC, NY, and Matthew Miller (Coral), Seattle.

Private services have been held.