MAX WILLIS 1951 - 1978 STATION AGENT, SENIOR STATION AGENT, STATION MANAGER PHX WYS Max Willis, Senior Agent then, passed away a couple of years ago as did Al Mosley, PHX Senior Agent. -Cal Reese (11/6/00) I need more info on Max Willis. I checked the Social Security Death Index and found 13 listed in the name Max Willis. Only one showed an Arizona connection. It listed him as born in 1916 and died in 1999. Was our Max that old? Do you have an obituary and/or photo you could send me. As I recall, he was very high on the seniority list - when did he start? -Jake Lamkins (11/8/00) According to the Social Security Death Index, MAX WILLIS DOB 04 May 1916 DOD 22 Dec 1999 Age 83 At 85201 (Mesa, Maricopa, AZ) SSN issued in Arizona -Jake Lamkins (11/8/00) Max Willis, PHX Senior Agent was born May 4, 1916 and died 12/22/1999. I do not have an obituary as I did not know of his demise until your disclosure, but Bob Fish and Ginger Treptow believe the Willis family may have kept it private. Max started with FL 11/20/51, per my records, just after FL started up PHX service. Max, although fair haired with a reddish complection, spoke Spanish very well, having been a Mormon missionary prior to FL and then again to South America, I believe, after 8/24/86. He was an excellent agent (Sr. Agent for 4 years with me in PHX 1964-68) in all areas of expertise and just a very fine person with a fine family. Max was 11 years older than I and could have managed the PHX station. The age difference was of no consequence and he usually addressed me as "The Heifi". -Cal Reese (1/10/01) I'm sending you what I have. No info on Stu Miller - sorry. Ann Blandford 9/22/90 Don Blandford 11/1/90 Both died suddenly - I don't know the reason or cause. Max Willis 12/22/99, age 83, from complications of alzheimers. Alvin Mosley 12/5/99, age 78, heart attack. Glad I could help. We had no PHX reunion this year. Guess all have lost interest. I'm thankful for the memories. -Ginger Treptow, Gilbert, AZ (11/16/02) M.L. Willis Seniority date 11/20/51 from a 11/1/55 seniority list -Jake Lamkins (2/13/06) PERSONNEL CHANGES Max Willis from senior station agent to station manager WYS. From Jul 1970 Arrow-Jet News -Jake Lamkins (5/20/06) Retirement Max L. Willis, station agent, PHX, 26 years -FL News, Jul-Aug 1978 FLacebook Does anyone have a photo of PHX SSA Max Willis? If so, please post it. I want to upgrade his memorial webpage. -Jake Lamkins (8/16/12) Sorry can't help you Jake, and have no contact with his family. -Ginger Treptow (8/17/12) If you have the collection of the FAL news, I know his picture was in one of them. Cant tell u what year!!!! It may have been in one of the years that I was in JAC - 1975 or 1976, and I had WYS also and Max worked in WYS for me. Max had worked in WYS for many summers before and after I left JAC -Fred Elliott (8/17/12) Posted at FLacebook and the FL Club: PHX senior station agent Max Willis' memorial webpage has been upgraded. http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Max_Willis.html Seven items added but still need an obituary and photo. Post anything you have. -Jake Lamkins (8/30/12)