HILLYGUS, Shirley 1926-1991

HILLYGUS, KENYON, GREEN

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 11/4/2012 at 06:36:10

Shirley Hillygus Services Held

Shirley M. Hillygus, 65, of Conrad passed away on Thursday, December 19 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center of cancer.

Funeral services were held on Monday, December 23 at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Conrad, with Rev. Eric Nielsen and Rev. Ronald Mooberry officiating. Burial was in the Conrad Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jim Hillygus, Barry Ewoldt, Cory Ewoldt, Everett Dexter, Frank Bever, and Gary Engle.

Shirley was born on August 9, 1926 the daughter of Lyle E. and Phyllis G. Kenyon Green in Toledo. She graduated from Montour High School in 1943. She was united in marriage to Allan V. "Red" Hillygus on July 31, 1954 at Princeton, MO. She was a retired machine operator at Ritchie Ind. where she worked from February 1962 to February 1980. Shirley was a member of the Volunteer Action Committee, MMSC, Aux. for many years. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Conrad and attended Assembly of God Church, Conrad.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Allan in 1980; and her parents.

Shirley is survived by two daughters, Darlene Crowder, Des Moines, and Pam Niehaus, Wellsburg; two sons, Glenn C. Hillygus, Conrad, and Joe A. Lacina, Marshalltown; one sister, Patricia Ewoldt, Dysart; one brother, Merle D. Green, Collins; 11 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren.

Johnston Funeral Home in Conrad was in charge of the arrangements.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 26 December 1991