VINTON:  Florence Elizabeth Craddock Willer, 86, of Vinton, formerly of Keystone, died Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab following a short illness.

     Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Monday, November 2, 2009 at the Phillips Family Center, 605 2nd Avenue, in Vinton with Rev. Bill Quibell officiating.  Interment will be held at the Dysart Cemetery.  Friends may call at the Family Center from 3:00 to 5:00 PM on Sunday.  A Memorial Fund has been established.

     Florence was born on July 3, 1923 in Garrison to William and Tressa (Parker) Craddock.  She married Lorraine Willer in Peoria, Illinois. The couple resided in Dysart until moving to the family farm near Keystone.  Florence and Lorraine raised Pioneer seed corn for 35 years of their 50 years on the farm.  Following Lorraine's death in 1982, Florence continued farming on her own for 15 years, moving to Vinton after leaving the farm. 

     She enjoyed gardening, flowers and spending time with her grandchildren.

     She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Ann (Larry) Thoren of Vinton; three grandchildren, Brenda Little of Littleton, CO, Kendall (Paula) Koehn of Pine City, MN and Kellie Jo Thoren of Waterloo; 9 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; 2 brothers, Charles "Ed" Craddock of Vinton, Harland "Wayne" (Joan) Craddock of Novinger, MO and her sister Mary "Lori" Rommann of Vinton.

     In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her sister Irene Hopper and 4 brothers, George, Robert and Dean Craddock and Donald Craddock in infancy.