CPL Wilburn Dean “Bill” Looney

CPL Wilburn Dean “Bill” Looney Veteran

Birth
Death
3 Mar 1968
Burial
Knoxville, Ray County, Missouri, USA
Memorial ID
10417017 View Source
Wilburn Dean Looney was the younger of two sons born to Clyde Yancy Looney and Ethel Mintie Sloan Looney. He grew up in Missouri living in Harrisonville, Burlington Junction and Caldwell County. He graduated from New York High School in Caldwell County, Missouri in 1949. He was married to Myrlene Jane Farr and served in the Army during the Korean Conflict, stationed in Germany. After the Army he attended telegraphy school and became a depot agent for the Rock Island Railroad, serving in Enterprise, Kansas at the time of his death. He died in his sleep on a Sunday morning in March, due to an irregular heart beat known as arrhythmia. He was also an active member and trustee in the Baptist Church in Enterprise. He has two children, Renee Hood and David Looney.

Grandson Andrew Reece Hood
Wilburn Dean Looney was the younger of two sons born to Clyde Yancy Looney and Ethel Mintie Sloan Looney. He grew up in Missouri living in Harrisonville, Burlington Junction and Caldwell County. He graduated from New York High School in Caldwell County, Missouri in 1949. He was married to Myrlene Jane Farr and served in the Army during the Korean Conflict, stationed in Germany. After the Army he attended telegraphy school and became a depot agent for the Rock Island Railroad, serving in Enterprise, Kansas at the time of his death. He died in his sleep on a Sunday morning in March, due to an irregular heart beat known as arrhythmia. He was also an active member and trustee in the Baptist Church in Enterprise. He has two children, Renee Hood and David Looney.

Grandson Andrew Reece Hood

Gravesite Details

Cpl. U.S. Army



  • Created by: Caryn Hood
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  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 10417017
  • Caryn Hood
  • Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Wilburn Dean “Bill” Looney (10 Apr 1931–3 Mar 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10417017, citing Bethel Cemetery, Knoxville, Ray County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Caryn Hood (contributor 46777279).