Lucy A. Pillinger

Lucy A. Pillinger, 77, of Elmhurst passed away peacefully at home on July 31. She was born in Oak Park to the late Douglass Pillinger and Harriet (Hale) Pillinger. Raised in Glen Ellyn, she graduated from Glenbard West High School and Monticello College. After training as a dental assistant, she was employed in private dental offices in Glen Ellyn and Elmhurst and at the University of Illinois College of Dentistry. She was a longtime member of the Tri-County Dental Assistants Association and of a Glen Ellyn chapter of P.E.O. Lucy is survived by a sister, Carol P. Daw and husband Paul, of Boulder, CO; a sister-in-law, Barbara B. Pillinger, of Madison, WI; three nephews and four grand-nephews. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, August 10, at Yorkfield Presbyterian Church, 1099 S. York St., Elmhurst. Gifts may be made in Lucy's memory to The Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, IL 60532, or via www.mortonarb.org