DEATHS

and obituaries

Dean McGillivary

Services for Dean Filmore McGillivary, 99, who died Jan. 23, will be 5 to 7 p.m. March 18 at Jost Funeral Home, Hillsboro.

Born March 18, 1926, on a farm near Hayes Center, Nebraska, he was the sixth child born to Archibald and Mattie (Potter) McGillivary.

He met Eva Clarabelle McMinn in 1947 while sleigh riding near Hamlet, Nebraska. The two were married during an ice storm on her birthday, Dec 23, 1948.

In 1956, the family moved to Hillsboro, and he began work for 14 years as a truck driver for Associated Milk Producers

He later worked for Greeley Gas, Hillsboro Industries, Hillsboro Carpet Center, and the City of Hillsboro, retiring in 1994. He also worked part-time for several local farmers, served for 28 years as a volunteer firefighter, and became a member of Ebenfeld Mennonite Church.

The couple had three children, daughters Kathline and Marline and son Larry Dean along with two granddaughters and six great-grandchildren.

His wife died in 2008.

Memorials have been established with the church and Parkside Homes.