Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, New Boston Cemetery. Visitation: 10 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Sept. 11, Speer Funeral Home, Aledo.

MUSCATINE, Iowa — Colleen Willits, 80, of Muscatine, formerly of New Boston, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at Carrington Place of Muscatine.

Memorials may be made to the Colleen Willits Memorial Fund. 

Online condolences may be left at www.speerfuneralhome.com.

Mrs. Willits was born July 9, 1927, in New Boston, to Willis and Florence (Louck) Cameron.

She married Marion Robert Willits June 7, 1945, in Aledo. He preceded her in death Nov. 19, 1982.

She was a devoted homemaker to her 11 children and many grandchildren.

She enjoyed going to yardsales, adding to her cup and saucer collection and watching John Wayne movies.

She was a previous member of the New Boston Order of the Eastern Star and the New Boston United Methodist Church.

She is survived by nine children, Bruce Willits of Ohio, Trudy Lafever and her husband, Steve, of Reynolds, Stephen Willits of New Boston, Blaine Willits and his wife, Teena, of Gower, Mo., Lynn “Doug” Willits  and his wife, Martha, of Carbon Cliff, Brian Willits and his wife, Lori, of Gladstone, Mark Willits  and his wife, Patsy, of New Boston, Lisa Seefeld of Urbandale, Iowa and Amy Terrill of Muscatine; 19 grandchildren, Christine and John Burmel, Salli and Dennis Graham, Stephanie and Terry Leonard, Brandon Lafever, Kelsey Lafever, Nicholas Willits, Nathan Willits, John Willits, Erica Willits, Kathryn Willits, Victor Hastings, Lacey Kindheart, Haley Willits, Travis Olson, Justin Willits, Jacci Willits, Jacob Seefeld, Jared Seefeld and Courtney Terrill; and six great-grandchildren, Duncan and Madison Graham, Sydnie and Kassidy Leonard, Fisher Herold and Michael Kindheart.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two children, John Robert Willits and Carol Ann Willits; and siblings, Mary King, John Cameron, Juanita Loe, Gene Cameron and Kenny Cameron.