Richard Gillies
GILLIES, KROPPE, GALLOP, HORSFIELD, PETERSON
Posted By: Ruth Maring - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/18/2006 at 19:10:48
The Clinton Herald
Published: June 16, 2006 11:40 pmRichard Gillies
Visitation: 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Hanover.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hanover United Methodist Church with the Rev. Lynne Matthews officiating.
HANOVER, Ill. — Richard R. “Dick” Gillies, 84, of Hanover, died Friday at Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque.
Inurnment will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Evergreen Cemetery, Hanover, with full military rites accorded by the Hanover VFW.
He was born Jan. 29, 1922, in Naples, S.D., to George and Alice Kroppe Gillies. He married Sylvia Gallop on Dec. 16, 1950, in Watertown, S.D.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, stationed in Italy.
He worked at the Savanna Army Depot until his retirement in 1973.
Survivors include his wife; three children, Gene (Debra) Gillies of East Dubuque, Ill., Rick Gillies of Anniston, Ala., and Jolene (Dale) Horsfield of Fort Myers, Fla.; five grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Clarine Peterson of South Dakota.
A memorial fund has been established.
Online condolences may be made at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister.
Death date: June 16, 2006
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