Willard Edwin Higby

Willard Edwin Higby

Male 1939 - 2017  (78 years)


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  • Name Willard Edwin Higby 
    Birth 3 Mar 1939 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Dec 2017 
    Person ID I54195  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Willis Orrin Higby,   b. 13 May 1905, Turin, Lewis, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1969 (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Dorothy Elizabeth Hill,   b. 5 Dec 1919   d. 10 Nov 1995 (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 23 Jul 1938 
    Family ID F19940  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Audrey Jeanne Miller,   b. 1 Sep 1938, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 2016 (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F17824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Willard E. Higby, age 78, life resident of Sandy Creek and Pulaski, passed away Saturday at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse. Willard was born March 28, 1939. He graduated from Pulaski Academy High School in 1957 and he also graduated from Syracuse University. He married Audrey Miller in 1974 and she passed away March 1, 2016. Willard was employed as a teacher by APW Elementary School for 25 years, retiring in 1995.
      Surviving are four brothers, Gerald (Gloria) Higby of Pulaski, John (Carolyn) Higby of New Haven, Adelbert Higby of Pulaski and Douglas (Claudia) Higby of Pulaski, three sisters, Sandra Tidwell of Pulaski, Janet (Steve) Banks of Boonville, and Mary (Ken) Staffan of Fairport, two stepdaughters, Michelle Mazur of Liverpool and Jacqueline (Robert) Farrell of Roanoke, VA, two stepsons, John (Cheryl) Robinson of Baldwinsville and Douglas (Cher) Robinson of Fulton. Willard was predeceased by one brother, James Higby who passed away in November.
      Calling hours will be held from 2 to 4 p.m., Wednesday, December 27th, at the Foster- Hax Funeral Home, 52 Park Street, Pulaski, NY with a spring burial at Maplelawn Cemetery in Dugway. Funeral services will be held in the spring at a time to be announced.