Wilma I. Billieu July 9, 1914 - April 12, 2007 Age: 92 Columbus, Indiana

Date of Death: Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 4:21 a.m.
Place of Death: Miller’s Merry Manor at Hope
Date of Birth: July 9, 1914
Place of Birth: Clay County, Illinois
Date of Funeral: Monday, April 16, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.
Place: Bass & Gasper Funeral Home
Officiating: Rev. David Scaggs
Visitation: Sunday from 3:00 until 8:00 p.m.
Place of Entombment: Westport Mausoleum

 

Parents: Charles L. and Cleone (Hosselton) Howell

HISTORY:

Residential: She was raised in Rush County, Indiana. Resided in Westport from 1942 until 1968.
                      Resided in Batesville from 1968 until she moved to Columbus in 1986.

Education: She graduated from New Salem High School in 1932

Occupation: She and her husband were the owners & operators of the Westport Meat Market from 1942 until 1968.
                      She worked as a LPN for Margaret Mary Community Hospital at Batesville for 18 years and Tara Treatment Center at
                      Franklin for 12 years.
                      She had been a worker in the drug and alcohol addiction field for 50 years.

Memberships: Batesville United Methodist Church and a former member of the Westport United Methodist Church.
      
                          Order of the Eastern Star # 183 at North Vernon

                          Entre Nous Club at Westport

                          PSI IOTA XI Sorority at Westport

Hobbies: She was an avid Indiana Pacer fan.

Married: Floyd R. Billieu
   Place: Milroy, Indiana
     Date: September 20, 1942
    He preceded her in death on April 26, 1962

SURVIVORS:

2 Daughters - Jacqueline (Don) Buckland - Ruidoso, New Mexico

                         Linda (Larry) Elkins - Columbus, Indiana

1 Sister  - Hazel Martin - Frankfort, Indiana

3 Granddaughters .. Natalie Witkemper - Columbus, Indiana

                                    Nicole Pierce - Franklin, Indiana

                                    Summer Witkemper - Scottsdale, Arizona

6 Step Grandchildren

3 Great Grandchildren

Preceded in death by: Parents

                                       Husband

                                       Stepson: Russell Billieu                                                                      

                                                                                              
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of South Central Indiana
or the donor's choice through the funeral home.
 

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