DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT MRS. ESTELLA MAY GILLIS
Funeral services for Mrs. Estella May Gillis, wife of
J.A. Gillis, of Prineville, Oregon, were held Monday morning, July
6, at 10 o'clock from the residence, with interment in the Odd
Fellows' cemetery. The Rev. Francis H. Ball, pastor of the Episcopal
church, was in charge of the services.
Mrs. Gillis was born in Wellsboro, June 10, 1876. She
came to Spokane, Washington, 18 years ago, and on May 30, 1908, in
Rathdrum, Idaho, she became the bride of J.A. Gillis. Following
their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Gillis made their home for a short time
in Spirit Lake, Idaho, moving from there to Seattle, residing there
for about a year. From the latter place they moved to San Francisco,
and made their home there for four years, and thence to various
Southern California points. In 1914 they came to Portland and from
there they came to Prineville in 1916 residing there until her death
last Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Gillis had been a sufferer of asthma for the past
16 years, and their travels throughout various parts of the west
were for the benefit of her healthy. About six weeks ago she became
quite ill with dropsy with other complications.
Three brothers and two sisters survive: Charles
Downer, of Spokane; William Downer, of Hermiston; Walter Downer, of
Wellsville; Mrs. Clara Moyer, of Springfield, and Mrs. Eliza
English, of Wellsboro-Central OregonianThe
Wellsboro Gazette, Wellsboro Pennsylvania July 23, 1925
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