By Jim Meridith
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  • Visitation

    Visitation will be held at the Funeral Home
    Friday, February 12, 2021
    noon-1:00 pm

  • Service

    Funeral Services will be held at the Funeral Home
    Friday, February 12, 2021, at 1:00 pm
    Burial immediately  following in Cisne Cemetery

  • Full Obituary

    Neva D. Hilliard, 93, of Cisne, Illinois passed away Monday, February 8, 2021 at Cisne Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center.

    Neva was born in Cleveland, Oklahoma. April 20,1927 to Hugh and Lillie Shields Carr. She graduated  from High School in Blackburn, Oklahoma. During the oil boom she and her mother moved to Cisne, Illinois. Neva  worked at Obrecht’s Department Store.  Neva married Carl Hilliard in May 1948.  They lived west of Geff most of their married life.  She also worked at Cisne Manor as the Activity Director and loved making quilts. She and Carl enjoyed working in the Geff Ruritan Club and Geff Frontier Days.  Neva was a great cook, loved feeding her family and anyone who stopped by.

    Neva was a member of the Oak Valley Free Will Baptist Church at Geff, Illinois and after moving to Cisne in 1996 she attended the Cisne Christian Church.

    Neva is survived by her son, Doug (Pat) Hilliard of Cisne, Illinois; two granddaughters Stacey (Steve) Walker of Cisne, Stephanie Osborne of Flora, Illinois; she is also survived by five great grandchildren MaCallie (Kyle) Robson, Carter (Ashton) Walker, Gideon Walker all of Geff, Illinois, Mattie and Emma Osborne both of Flora, Illinois. and one great-great grandchild Graham Robson; one sister-in-law Wilma Yates of Fairfield, Illinois.

    Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, two brothers Zenna and Zenith Jones, two sisters Vivian Walters and Vola Rogers.

    Funeral services will be held Friday February 12, 2021 at I:00 PM at Hosselton-Meridith Funeral Home in Cisne, Illinois.

    Visitation will be held Friday February 12, 2021 from noon to 1:00 PM at the funeral home

    Burial will follow in Cisne Cemetery.

    Please follow CDC guidelines for social distancing and wearing a face mask.

    Memorials may be given to Oak Valley Church or Cisne Christian Church.  Memorials will be accepted at the funeral home or may be mailed to Hosselton-Meridith Funeral Home PO Box 418 Cisne, Illinois.

    Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.meridithfuneralhome.com.

    Hosselton-Meridith Funeral Home, Cisne, Illinois

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8 Condolences
 
  1. Floy and Melvia Conard / February 9, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    We are very sorry for your loss, you have our sympathy. Prayers for all the family!

  2. Judi Schell / February 9, 2021 at 7:56 pm

    So sorry to hear of Neva’s passing. She was always a very sweet lady. Prayers for all of her family.

  3. marsha stennett / February 10, 2021 at 8:03 am

    sorry for you lost. neva was a sweet lady. marsha and ethel powell.

  4. Bonita Osborne / February 10, 2021 at 2:56 pm

    So sorry for your loss. Thinking of you during this difficult time. Neva was a very special lady.

  5. Veda Fatheree / February 10, 2021 at 5:53 pm

    RIP my fun friend! I will see you again someday, so happy we had some laughs and happy times at our Dining Table!!! God awaits for you…..Veda

  6. C. Wilson / February 11, 2021 at 11:18 am

    My thoughts and prayers are with the HILLARD FAMILY in their time of grief.

  7. David I. Wilson / February 13, 2021 at 10:35 am

    Neva and Carl were wonderful neighbors to my parents, Perry and Eva Wilson.

  8. Ann Whitfield Ricks / March 5, 2021 at 1:45 pm

    I am so very sorry for your loss. Neva was such a nice lady. Prayers for comfort. Ann Whitfield Ricks

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