Willard was the youngest of George and Ellen Rooney's children. He never married and never had any children. He lived in Ottawa. He died of cancer at the age of 47 and is buried in Martindale.
Obituary: Rooney, Willard In hospital on Saturday, February 28, 1976. Willard Rooney, age 47 of Venosta, Que, dear brother of Harold of Ottawa, Thomas of Valleyfield, Quebec, Charles of Venosta, Mary (Mrs. Peter Kelly), of Venosta, Dorothy (Mrs. Charles Lamarr) of Illinois and Mrs. Kathleen Cloney of London. Predeceased by brother Michael. Also survived by several neices and nephews. Resting at the Kelly Funeral Home, 585 Somerset St., (centre town). Funeral Wednesday to Our Lady of Sorrows Church Venosta for Mass at 11 a.m. Interment St. Martin's Cemetery, Martindale, Quebec.