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JAMES WALTER GILLETT

1938 - 2020

BORN

1938

DIED

2020

FUNERAL HOME

Conley Funeral Home - Elburn

116 West Pierce Street

Elburn, Illinois

JAMES GILLETT Obituary

ELBURN - James Walter Gillett, age 81, ascended into Heaven on February 4, 2020, after passing away peacefully at Oak Crest Retirement Center where he made his home in recent years. He was born October 10, 1938, in Muscatine, IA, the son of Kenneth and Mary (VanDolah) Gillett. Jim is survived by his daughter, Julie (Ed) Stuehm; his daughter-in-law, Denise Gillett-Parchert and her husband Wayne Parchert; three grandchildren, Sara (Matthew) Amato, Laura (Ludwig) Gerdes, and J.C. (Sophie Gaynor) Gillett; one great-granddaughter, Maewyn Gerdes; one brother Jerry (Karen) Gillett; and countryside of friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, Kenneth and Mary Gillett; his wife, Beverly Gillett; and his son, Jeffrey Gillett. Visitation will be at 2:30- 3:30 p.m., with a memorial service to follow on 3:30 p.m. at the Elburn Lions Club, 500 Filmore St., Elburn, on Sunday, February 9, 2020. A second visitation will follow services until 5:00 p.m. Private cremation burial will occur at a later date. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in Jim's name. Checks may be made to the Elburn Lions Club, 500 Filmore St., Elburn, IL 60119, or memorials may be mailed to P.O. Box 66, Elburn, IL 60119. Tributes may also be forwarded to the same address, the Conley Funeral Home Facebook Page, or at www.conleycare.com.

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Published by Daily Herald on Feb. 7, 2020.

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MARY WHEELER

February 11, 2020

To the Gillett Family' A wonderful memory of your Dad was that he would give my children and, all of the Co-Op workers kids money to spent at Elburn Days. My kids talk about that to this day.

He was one of the kindest men I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and a true gentleman.

My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

God Bless,

Mary Hawks Wheeler

Mary Wheeler

February 11, 2020

To the Gillett Family, Your Father would give each of our children money to spend at Elburn Days every year, my kids still talk about that to this day.
He was one of the kindest men I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and, a true gentlemen.
You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
God Bless.

Mary Hawks Wheeler

Shirley Cantrell

February 11, 2020

To the Gillett family; My condolences to all of you. You will be in my thoughts and prayers in this time of sorrow. Jim was a kind man every time I had dealings with him. Sorry for your loss.

Chuck Assell

February 10, 2020

Our thoughts and prayers to Julie and Family,
JC and Family and Denise and Wayne.
I will be forever great-full to Jim for the
knowledge I learned from him. May he rest in peace.

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2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Elburn Lions Club

500 Filmore St., Elburn, IL

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9

Memorial service

3:30 p.m.

Elburn Lions Club

500 Filmore St., Elburn, IL

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Conley Funeral Home - Elburn

116 West Pierce Street P.O. Box 8049, Elburn, IL 60119

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