{"id":1525,"date":"2018-05-03T08:22:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T12:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2018-05-03T08:22:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T12:22:18","slug":"obituary-notice-lester-g-lillie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1525","title":{"rendered":"Obituary Notice &#8211; Lester G. Lillie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LillieL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1526\" alt=\"LillieL\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LillieL-178x300.jpg\" width=\"82\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LillieL-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LillieL-607x1024.jpg 607w, https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LillieL.jpg 809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 82px) 100vw, 82px\" \/><\/a>FORESTVILLE:\u00a0 Lester G. Lillie, 95, of Overhiser Road, Forestville, died Saturday, April 28th, 2018 at Buffalo General Hospital.\u00a0 He was born in the Town of Dayton, on August 6, 1922, the son of the late George and Hazel (Allen) Lillie.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lillie was a graduate of Gowanda High School and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WW II.\u00a0 He was a Steelworker for the former Bethlehem Steel Corp. Lackawanna, for 33 years.\u00a0 Mr. Lillie was a lifetime member of Sheridan VFW Memorial Post #6390.\u00a0 He enjoyed hunting, fishing and family time.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include a daughter, Janice (Douglas) Tubbs, of Forestville; three sons David (Linda) Lillie, of Forestville; Darl (Jane) Lillie, of Lake Worth, FL; and Thomas Lillie, of Forestville.\u00a0 Also surviving are 6 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and several nieces &amp; nephews.\u00a0 Besides his parents he was predeceased by his wife Erna (Bartow) Lillie, who died February 5, 2006, 2 grandchildren and a daughter-in-law Judith Lillie.<\/p>\n<p>Friends are welcome to call at Riles &amp; Woolley Funeral Home, 39 Main Street, Forestville on Sunday afternoon from 3-4 PM, from where Funeral Services will follow at 4 o&#8217;clock, with Rev. Michael Pollock, pastor of Gage Chapel Community Church, officiating.\u00a0 Military Services will be conducted by members of Dunkirk Joint Veteran&#8217;s Council in the Funeral Home.\u00a0 Private Interment will be at the convenience of the family Pine Grove Cemetery, Gowanda.\u00a0 To post condolences go to www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Usflag.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1218\" alt=\"usflag\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Usflag.gif\" width=\"102\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Army.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-941\" alt=\"Army\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Army.jpg\" width=\"85\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORESTVILLE:\u00a0 Lester G. Lillie, 95, of Overhiser Road, Forestville, died Saturday, April 28th, 2018 at Buffalo General Hospital.\u00a0 He was born in the Town of Dayton, on August 6, 1922,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1527,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525\/revisions\/1527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}