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 Obdulia
Gillum
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[January 08, 2020]
MOUNT PULASKI
- Obdulia Gillum, 87, of Springfield formerly of
Mount Pulaski, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield.
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Visitation:
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, 2020
at Fricke-Calvert Schrader Funeral Home, Mount
Pulaski
Service:
4 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Obdulia Gillum, 87, of Springfield
formerly of Mount Pulaski, passed away on Tuesday,
January 7, 2020 at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
Obdulia was born on May 17, 1932 in Houston, TX, the
daughter of Alberto and Luisa (Cortez) Guajardo. She
married Bertram Wesley Gillum Jr. on March 7, 1954
in Houston, TX. He preceded her in death on November
26, 2018.
Obdulia is survived by her children, Cynthia Ann
(Roger) Gill of Lincoln, Debra Jean Gardner of
Decatur, William Joseph (Linda Bree) Gillum of
Hernando, FL, Teresa Diane (James) Crider of
Springfield and Bertram Wesley Gillum III of Fort
Worth, TX; sixteen grandchildren, and forty-one
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her
husband; one sister; and two brothers.
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Obdulia worked for the Mount Pulaski
Police Department as a dispatcher. She was a member
of Crossway Church in Lincoln. She was also very
active with REACT. She helped with The American
Legion and was an expert tortilla and pumpkin
blossom maker. She was also an avid St. Louis
Cardinals fan.
Services for Obdulia will be held at 4:00 p.m. on
Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Fricke-Calvert
Schrader Funeral Home, Mount Pulaski. Visitation
will take place two hours prior to the service from
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. also at the funeral home.
Burial will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Monday,
January 13, 2020 in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made in Obdulia’s name to
The Alzheimer’s Association.
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