March 5, 2005

Margaret Gill

ANNA, Ill. -- Margaret May Gill, 88, of Anna died Thursday, March 3, 2005, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. She was born May 28, 1916, in Cobden, Ill., daughter of Frank Joseph and Catherine May Ryan Schumacher. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Anna. She grew up in the Saratoga community and graduated from Anna-Jonesboro High School in 1934. She worked as a salesclerk for several years at Famous-Barr in St. Louis...

ANNA, Ill. -- Margaret May Gill, 88, of Anna died Thursday, March 3, 2005, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill.

She was born May 28, 1916, in Cobden, Ill., daughter of Frank Joseph and Catherine May Ryan Schumacher. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Anna. She grew up in the Saratoga community and graduated from Anna-Jonesboro High School in 1934. She worked as a salesclerk for several years at Famous-Barr in St. Louis.

She and Robert K. Gill were married Aug. 6, 1945; he died Feb. 4, 1998.

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Survivors include four nephews, David and Doyle Gill and Mark and Kim Palmer; and two cousins, Sue Lence and Ed Rendleman.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters and two brothers.

Friends may call after 9 a.m. Monday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dennis Schaefer officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery in Cobden.

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