Lester Philip Gillis ¹⁰⁸⁵¹

Spokane Chronicle
Spokane, Washington
Thursday, January 4, 1990
p. C6

GILLIS, Lester P. - Passed away January 3, 1990 in Spokane. Survived by his wife, Alicia Gillis, Spokane, Wa., son William Gillis, Issaquah, Wa.; granddaughters, Lauri Baker, Bellevue, Wa., Julia Gillis, Boston, Ma. A resident of Spokane since 1917.

Funeral services will be on Monday, January 8, 1990 at 10 a.m. at Gothic Chapel, Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, N. 1306 Monroe St.. Pastor Gerald Hoffman officiating. Interment Riverside Memorial Park.

  Events

• He worked as a retail furniture salesman.

• He appeared on the census in 1910 at 68 Main Street in Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He lived in the household of his widowed father.

• He appeared on the census in 1940 at 3325 Lindake in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. He was head of household and rented for $25 monthly.

Lester married Esther D. Schulze, daughter of William A. Schulze and Bertha Hannah Rose, 11 June 1927 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.¹⁰⁹⁰¹ (Esther D. Schulze was born 8 March 1901 in Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin,^10907,10908 died 30 June 1977 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington ^10907,10909 and was buried after 30 June 1977 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington at Riverside Memorial Park ¹⁰⁹¹⁰.)

Lester next married Alicia M. Skerritt 13 August 1984 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.¹⁰⁹⁰² (Alicia M. Skerritt was born 26 May 1901 in Preston, England ¹⁰⁹¹¹ and died 16 July 1993 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington ^10911,10912.)