Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Sunday May 19, 1963
Lee Pillers, 88, Dies; Once Town Postmaster
Lee H. Pillars, 88, of 306 S. Summit St, Monroeville, died at 2 p.m. yesterday in Van Rue Hospital, Van Wert, Ohio, where he had been a patient 10 days. Born in Poe, he resided in Monroeville most of his life. Mr. Pillers retired in 1934 as postmaster of Monroeville. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War, a member of the Lawton Camp and the Scottish Rite of Fort Wayne, and Monroeville Lodge 293 F. & A.M., and the Methodist Church, Monroeville.
Surviving are his wife, Pearl; a son Thomas B., Monroeville; tow daughters, Mrs. Harley A. Hodle Crestline, Ohio, and Mrs. Ray R. Scott, Franklin; a brother Thomas, Monroeville, five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Friends may call at Marquart Funeral Home, Monroeville after 6 p.m. Monday. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home, Rev. Walter Meacham officiating. Burial will be in Monroeville IOOF Cemetery.
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Sunday May 19, 1963
Lee Pillers, 88, Dies; Once Town Postmaster
Lee H. Pillars, 88, of 306 S. Summit St, Monroeville, died at 2 p.m. yesterday in Van Rue Hospital, Van Wert, Ohio, where he had been a patient 10 days. Born in Poe, he resided in Monroeville most of his life. Mr. Pillers retired in 1934 as postmaster of Monroeville. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War, a member of the Lawton Camp and the Scottish Rite of Fort Wayne, and Monroeville Lodge 293 F. & A.M., and the Methodist Church, Monroeville.
Surviving are his wife, Pearl; a son Thomas B., Monroeville; tow daughters, Mrs. Harley A. Hodle Crestline, Ohio, and Mrs. Ray R. Scott, Franklin; a brother Thomas, Monroeville, five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Friends may call at Marquart Funeral Home, Monroeville after 6 p.m. Monday. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home, Rev. Walter Meacham officiating. Burial will be in Monroeville IOOF Cemetery.
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