Flora Morgan Tillery
The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA
August 15, 2014
Flora
Tillery passed away on Monday, August 11, 2014, in Fresno, CA at the
age of 88 from Congestive Heart Failure. Flora was born in Delta, UT on
December 29, 1925, to Lula Annie Johnson Morgan and Ira Roy Morgan. She
grew up in Delta and attended Delta High School until she met and
married Corporal Marion L. Tillery an MP stationed in Delta. They were
married on July 1, 1943. Upon his discharge from the US Army at the end
of WWII, the couple settled in Rexburg, ID for a short time. In 1954,
due to Flora's health, they moved to Fresno, CA where the weather was
warmer and dryer. In 1961, they moved to a home in Clovis where she
remained for the next 53 years. Flora worked at the donut shop in Delta
as a teenager. At Safeway Supermarket as a checker while a newlywed, and
at JC Penneys as a clerk. In 1963 she began her career with Clovis
Unified Schools Food Services as a kitchen helper. She retired 25 years
later as the Assistant Director over Food Services. She was preceded in
death by her parents, Lula and Ira Roy; her sisters, Mildred Morgan and
Roa Maxfield; and her brother, Wayne D. Morgan. She lost her husband to
cancer in 2001. Her son Pat Tillery was the first child she lost to
death in August of 2002. Her daughters Flora Ann Hallak and Janean
Reynolds died in May 2008 three weeks apart. She is survived by her
daughter, Lurane Van Nortwick and son-in-law Tom of Fresno; her son,
Wayne L. Tillery and his wife Nyla of Rigby, ID, and her son Bill
Tillery and his wife Becky of Clovis, CA; son-in-law, Louie Hallak of
San Fernando, CA; and daughter-in-law, Peggy Tillery of Hanford, CA. Her
love and loss will be felt by 24 grandchildren; 43 greatgrandchildren;
and three great-great grandchildren. Her family would like to thank all
those who took such great care of Flora over the past 20 years. From her
hair dresser to her many doctors, her physical therapists, the medical
staff at the hospital, her neighbors, and her wonderful Home Teachers,
Visiting Teachers and Church Leaders who loved her so much, kept her
going and became some of her dearest friends. A Memorial Service will be
held on Monday, August 18, 2014, at the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints, at 220 N. Peach, Clovis, CA at 10:00 a.m. Viewing
will be held at the same location at 9:00 a.m. Lisle Funeral Home, 1605
'L' Street, Fresno, California (559)266-0666
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