Lila Eileen Gillette

CLERGY
Pastor Michael Hecht
MUSIC
Pianist ~ Twyla Hora
Soloist ~ Jay Herrboldt
"I Come To The Garden Alone"
"How Great Thou Art"
Congregational Hymn
"Amazing Grace"
CASKETBEARERS
Gillas Stern
Scott Stern
Brian Stern
Larry Brunsting
Lee Lunde
Lloyd Lunde
Lila Eileen Johnson was born on Sunday, June 24, 1917 in Yankton County to Einer and Linnie (Roach) Johnson.  She attended grade school in Yankton County and in Olivet, South Dakota.  In 1935, she graduated from Olivet High School. After graduation, Lila married Alvin Gillette at Howard, South Dakota. Two children were born to Lila and Alvin: a daughter, Marilyn, and a son, Terry. During her lifetime, Lila worked as a farmwife, operated a café with her sister-in-law, and was a psychiatric aide at the State Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota for 25 years.  Lila passed away on Friday, January 11, 2008 at the Menno-Olivet Care Center at the age of 90 years, 6 months and 17 days.
Lila leaves her son, Terry and wife Charlene of Menno, South Dakota; three grandchildren: Kristi Gillette of Wakonda, South Dakota, and Kathy Gillette and Todd Gillette, both of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; two sisters: Norma Janzen of Grass Valley, California and Myla Mae Ostrem of Cayucos, California; and several nieces as well as many extended family members and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin, in 1982; her daughter, Marilyn, in infancy; her parents, Einer and Linnie Johnson; and a sister, Marguerite.