HILLER, Lucille M. (1931-2022)

HILLER

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 6/30/2022 at 12:39:12

Lucille Mae Hiller
(April 20, 1931 - June 6, 2022)

Services for Lucille Mae Hiller, 91, who passed away Monday, June 6, 2022 in Des Moines, will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Indianola with burial following in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Lucille Mae Hiller was born on April 20, 1931 in Hampton, IA. Lucy grew up with a strong family foundation. She and her sisters remain in close contact, gathering regularly to catch up and keep their cribbage game sharp!

Ed and Lucy met when Lucy was at college and Ed had recently returned from time serving abroad in the military. They married and traveled to various locations due to Ed’s work, settling in Indianola to raise their four children.
Known as the “Cookie Lady” a visit to the house meant a treat from her cookie jar, and she always delivered a plate to new neighbors or friends going through trials. This same type of care was extended in her service of hosting and providing meals at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, and leadership in the Women’s Guild. Ed and Lucy worked side-by-side in planning, cooking, and serving at church cookout fundraisers. She serviced the community as a Cub Scout and Girl Scout leader and a youth bowling instructor.
Lucy and Ed enjoyed bowling together in league and mixed doubles. An excellent bowler, Lucy won a number of bowling tournaments. They enjoyed camping and were part of the Carlisle Camping Club. Lucy and Ed both spent countless hours volunteering annually at the Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant. Ed in the steam engine room and Lucy in the administration office.
She worked as an income tax preparer and also a seamstress. Lucy later became a very talented quilter, crafting ribbon winning quilts. This became a primary source of joy in gifting to family members and Quilts of Valor. Ed and she collaborated on design and fabric selection.
The everyday rhythm of life that Ed and Lucy shared of vegetable gardening and canning, their flower gardens, the everyday cribbage games, and time with family will be missed.
Lucille is survived by her husband, Edward “Ed” Hiller; children, Danny (Linda) Hiller, Alan (Laura) Hiller, Julia (Dave) Fish and Cindy Hiller; grandchildren, Katherine (Christopher) Miller, John Hiller, Luke (Kristin) Hiller, Jacob (Aisha Alese) Hiller and Anna Fish; great-grandchildren, Killian Miller, August Hiller, Ryder Hiller and Atlas Hiller; sisters, Joyce Potter and Maxine (Jim) Bots. She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Gladys Bergmann and brother, Rolland Bergmann.
Visitation will be held 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 10, 2022, at Overton Funeral Home with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be given in her name to Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. This memorial is provided by Overton Funeral Home, 501 West Ashland Ave., Indianola, Iowa, http://www.overtonfuneral.com/