Ella Willard, age 75, passed away on Sunday, April 30, 2017, at Marietta, Okla., surrounded by her family. Private family services are planned. Born in Alabama, Ella moved to Arkansas where she married Perry Willard on September 5, 1959, and she became a homemaker, doing anything she could to care for her family. The family later moved to California and when the children were in high school, she took job working as a cashier at the Mobile Gas Station in Buttonwillow, Calif., for many years. For a short time, Ella moved back home to Arkansas to care for her parents. After their passing, she returned to her home in California. Most recently, she moved to Ardmore to live with her daughter Linda, where she could be in the comfort of her family until her passing. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Perry Willard, daughters: Joann Doss and Tammie Boggus, and grandson, Timmy Willard Ella is survived by her daughter, Linda Patton and husband David, son, Perry Willard Jr. and wife Charlene. Twelve grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.