Bill Bitting

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☨ Bill Bitting
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Country	United States

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Title	owner 1958-1962
Location	at Bill Bittings elephants in United States

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Willard E. Bitting , circus elephant trainer in United States

Born 1922-02-08 in United States dead 2012-02-13 in United States .

Son of Herman O. Bitting and Ida Bell nee Morris.

Lived in Beatrice, NB. Willard operated a traveling circus performance company, and traveled throughout the US with his elephant Rosa/Rosie.

He was born Feb. 8, 1922, at DeWitt, Neb. He served in the United States Army/Air Corps during World War II. He was a member of the Church of Christ, Beatrice; the Veterans of Foreign War Post 1077, Bitting-Norman Post 27 of the American Legion, and the Eagles Aerie 531, all of Beatrice.

Married to Beryl Coleman.

Children of Willard & Beryl:
Charlotte (1920 - 1999)
Willard E.
Wayne F.
Forrest A. (1926 - 1999)
Marvin E.
Martha (1928 - 1944)
Barnum L

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant trainer Willard E. Bitting in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1502. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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