Marion D. Gillilan, departed this life and entered The Eternal Home on, December 4, 2009 at his home in Hastings, Nebraska. Marion was 94 years of age having been born on, April 28, 1915 to Joseph and Sarah (Davidson) Gillilan on a farm near Republic, Kansas.
Marion graduated from the Hardy (Nebraska) High School in 1933 he then attended Peru (Nebraska) State College. He married Thelma Martens on October 14, 1937 in Benedict, Nebraska she passed away November 17, 1995. He was a post office clerk in Hardy, Nebraska from 1937 to 1940. They moved to California in 1940 and did various defense work till 1946. They moved back to Hardy, Nebraska in 1946 to work on the family farm until around 1960. He managed the Hardy Coop from 1960 to 1964. Marion moved to Hastings, Nebraska in 1964 and he worked for Farmland Industries Fertilizer Plant until retiring in 1979.
Marion was a member of the community club and school board in Hardy, NE. He served on the board of 3 different church councils. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Glenvil, Nebraska.
He is survived by his daughter, Cheryl K. Hipple and husband Rev. Elwood of Paxton, Nebraska, sister-in-law, Ione Martens of Grand Island, Nebraska and a host of friends and relatives.
Marion was welcomed into The Heavenly Home by: his parents, Joesph and Sarah Gillilan; wife Thelma Gillilan; brothers, Hugh and Orland Gillilan, brother-in-law, Irvin Martens, and sister-in-law, Lorraine Rhoades.
Marion graduated from the Hardy (Nebraska) High School in 1933 he then attended Peru (Nebraska) State College. He married Thelma Martens on October 14, 1937 in Benedict, Nebraska she passed away November 17, 1995. He was a post office clerk in Hardy, Nebraska from 1937 to 1940. They moved to California in 1940 and did various defense work till 1946. They moved back to Hardy, Nebraska in 1946 to work on the family farm until around 1960. He managed the Hardy Coop from 1960 to 1964. Marion moved to Hastings, Nebraska in 1964 and he worked for Farmland Industries Fertilizer Plant until retiring in 1979.
Marion was a member of the community club and school board in Hardy, NE. He served on the board of 3 different church councils. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Glenvil, Nebraska.
He is survived by his daughter, Cheryl K. Hipple and husband Rev. Elwood of Paxton, Nebraska, sister-in-law, Ione Martens of Grand Island, Nebraska and a host of friends and relatives.
Marion was welcomed into The Heavenly Home by: his parents, Joesph and Sarah Gillilan; wife Thelma Gillilan; brothers, Hugh and Orland Gillilan, brother-in-law, Irvin Martens, and sister-in-law, Lorraine Rhoades.
Marion D. Gillilan, departed this life and entered The Eternal Home on, December 4, 2009 at his home in Hastings, Nebraska. Marion was 94 years of age having been born on, April 28, 1915 to Joseph and Sarah (Davidson) Gillilan on a farm near Republic, Kansas.
Marion graduated from the Hardy (Nebraska) High School in 1933 he then attended Peru (Nebraska) State College. He married Thelma Martens on October 14, 1937 in Benedict, Nebraska she passed away November 17, 1995. He was a post office clerk in Hardy, Nebraska from 1937 to 1940. They moved to California in 1940 and did various defense work till 1946. They moved back to Hardy, Nebraska in 1946 to work on the family farm until around 1960. He managed the Hardy Coop from 1960 to 1964. Marion moved to Hastings, Nebraska in 1964 and he worked for Farmland Industries Fertilizer Plant until retiring in 1979.
Marion was a member of the community club and school board in Hardy, NE. He served on the board of 3 different church councils. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Glenvil, Nebraska.
He is survived by his daughter, Cheryl K. Hipple and husband Rev. Elwood of Paxton, Nebraska, sister-in-law, Ione Martens of Grand Island, Nebraska and a host of friends and relatives.
Marion was welcomed into The Heavenly Home by: his parents, Joesph and Sarah Gillilan; wife Thelma Gillilan; brothers, Hugh and Orland Gillilan, brother-in-law, Irvin Martens, and sister-in-law, Lorraine Rhoades.
Marion graduated from the Hardy (Nebraska) High School in 1933 he then attended Peru (Nebraska) State College. He married Thelma Martens on October 14, 1937 in Benedict, Nebraska she passed away November 17, 1995. He was a post office clerk in Hardy, Nebraska from 1937 to 1940. They moved to California in 1940 and did various defense work till 1946. They moved back to Hardy, Nebraska in 1946 to work on the family farm until around 1960. He managed the Hardy Coop from 1960 to 1964. Marion moved to Hastings, Nebraska in 1964 and he worked for Farmland Industries Fertilizer Plant until retiring in 1979.
Marion was a member of the community club and school board in Hardy, NE. He served on the board of 3 different church councils. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Glenvil, Nebraska.
He is survived by his daughter, Cheryl K. Hipple and husband Rev. Elwood of Paxton, Nebraska, sister-in-law, Ione Martens of Grand Island, Nebraska and a host of friends and relatives.
Marion was welcomed into The Heavenly Home by: his parents, Joesph and Sarah Gillilan; wife Thelma Gillilan; brothers, Hugh and Orland Gillilan, brother-in-law, Irvin Martens, and sister-in-law, Lorraine Rhoades.
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