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From: scrapbook of Margaret Hodnett; unknown |
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Miss Mildred Gillette Houghton - Funeral services for Miss Mildred Gillette of Houghton College will be conducted at 2 pm Friday July 3, 1964 in the Houghton Wesleyan Methodist Church. Burial will take place in Houghton. She died Wednesday morning at the Warsaw Hospital after a brief illness. Born July 30, 1894 in Fillmore, NY Miss Gillette was the daughter of Benjamin K and Dell Pratt Gillette. For 39 years she was employed by Houghton College as dining hall dietician. She lived with her cousin Dr. Freida Gillette, who is chairman of the Division of History and Social Studies at Houghton. She retired in June 1963 because of ill health. A member of the Fillmore Wesleyan Methodist Church for many years, she taught a woman’s Bible class there. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Kopler Funeral Home, Fillmore. Friends may call at the Gillette residence in Houghton from 2 – 4 and 7 – 9 Thursday. |