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Wilma Ada Link was born on July 12, 1933 in West Point, Iowa. Her parents were William John and Elizabeth Wellman Link. Billie is Walt’s aunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Billie was the youngest child born to W.J. and Lizzie Link. I wrote about Lizzie in this post<\/a>. Georgie, their eldest, was 16 when she was born. I have this fun picture of Billie as a little girl when she was around 2 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Billie grew up in West Point. In high school she worked part time as a telephone operator. She moved to the Chicago area after graduating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 10, 1954 Billie married Harry Buckles. Buck, as he was commonly known, and Billie made their home in Oak Park for a while, and later moved to Fox Lake, Illinois. They had two children together and ran a successful trucking business for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Family was very important to them and there were many trips back to the West Point area, and many visits by Walt’s family to see them in Illinois. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aunt Billie died on March 6, 2002, in Fox Lake, Illinois. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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