Lillias Lucinda Olney

F, #2738, b. Dec 30, 1905, d. Jun 26, 2000
Father*John Chester Olney b. May 28, 1866, d. May 5, 1947
Mother*Alvira Isabell Aldrich b. Feb 18, 1876, d. May 8, 1950

Family

Frank Ester Hammond b. Jun 1, 1906, d. Jan 13, 1990
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*Dec 30, 1905 Lillias Lucinda Olney was born on Dec 30, 1905 at Gifford, Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States
 She was the daughter of John Chester Olney and Alvira Isabell Aldrich
Marriage*Oct 16, 1924 Lillias Lucinda Olney married Frank Ester Hammond on Oct 16, 1924 at Asotin, Asotin County, Washington, United States.1 
Death*Jun 26, 2000 Lillias Lucinda Olney died on Jun 26, 2000, at age 94 at Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States.2 
ObituaryJun 28, 2000  OBITUARY: Lillias Lucinda Hammond, 94, a Culdesac resident, died Monday, June 26, 2000, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center at Lewiston of causes related to age.

She was born Dec. 30, 1905, at Gifford to John and Alvira Aldridge Olney. She lived at Culdesac until 1924.

Lillias and Franklin E. Hammond were married Oct. 16, 1924, at Asotin. They traveled to California where they lived at Sagus and Lone Pine until returning to Gifford in 1928. Their first son Vernon was born in California. She and Frank farmed in the Gifford area until they moved to Culdesac to help her mother after her father passed away. Her husband died Jan. 13, 1990.

She worked for the Culdesac School Hot Lunch Program for two years before taking a job with the Department of Lands Craig Mountain Fire Protection District in the 1960s. She worked at the Black Pine Camp near Soldiers Meadow, where she cooked for fire crews. She moved to Juniper Meadows in December 1997 until January, then to Royal Plaza until her death.

Lillias was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and also served as a councilwoman for the City of Culdesac for six years in the 1970s. She was also one of the first members and helped to organize the Culdesac Quick Response Unit.

Her interests were many. She enjoyed cooking, especially baking, sewing, handicrafts, hunting, fishing, camping, all outdoor activities, gardening and preserving, and especially spending time with family. Her main interest in the past few years has been crocheting. She had crocheted an afghan for each of her children, grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

Survivors include one son, James C. Hammond of Lewiston; one daughter, Margery A. Munsterman of Culdesac; 21 grandchildren and many great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. A daughter, Rosalee; two sons, Delbert (Bud) and Vernon; one brother, Hanes; and two sisters, Maude and Mable, preceded her in death.

A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Lewis Clark Memorial Gardens in Lewiston. The Rev. Tex Newman of the Culdesac Community Church will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Mountain View Funeral Home.

Memorials may be sent to the Culdesac Quick Response Unit.

Published in the Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID) - Wednesday, June 28, 2000.3
 
Burial*Jun 29, 2000 She was buried on Jun 29, 2000 at Lewis Clark Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 124093133.4 

Citations

  1. [S625] Newspaper - Newsbank Inc., online at newsbank.com.
  2. [S51] Social Security Death Index (SSDI).
  3. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  4. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.