In Memoriam : Jane Gillis

Jane Gillis Jane Ann Gillis - age: 76
(April 10, 1933 to September 30, 2009 )
Resident of San Angelo, Texas

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Jane Ann Tidwell Gillis, 76, of San Angelo, Texas, died September 30, 2009, in San Angelo. Memorial Services will be held 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at Bates Family Funeral Home with Rev. Greg Fagan officiating. Inurnment will be at Sand Hill Cemetery in Simms, Texas under the direction of Bates Family Funeral Home.
Jane Ann was born April 10, 1933 in Bassett, Texas to Homer Perry and Evie Lou Slider Tidwell. She graduated from James Bowie High School where she was the Homecoming Queen, a cheerleader, voted Most Beautiful, and the salutatorian of her class. Jane Ann then graduated from East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas. She married John Calvin Gillis in 1953. She taught elementary school in New Boston, Texas and later moved with her husband to Roswell, N.M. in 1960. Jane Ann then taught at Monterrey and Del Norte Elementary Schools, in Roswell, N.M. In 1984, she and her husband John moved to San Angelo where she taught at Bowie and Ft. Concho Elementary Schools until her retirement in 2003. She was a devoted grandmother, mother and friend who enjoyed her 42 years of teaching. Jane Ann was preceded in death by her parents, her husband John.
She is survived by her loving family, daughters, Susan Kennedy and her husband David, of New Braunfels, TX., and Rebecca Bohannon and her husband Rick, of Blanchard, OK; her son, John Perry Gillis, of San Angelo; her grandchildren, Daniel Braden Kennedy, of Omaha, NE., Lindsey Pitcock and her husband Travis, of Bloomfield, N.M., and J.B. Solis, of San Angelo; her Great Grandchild, Braydon Walker Pitcock, of Bloomfield, N.M; and several cousins and many close friends. Memorials may be made to John Gillis Memorial Scholarship, ENMU/Roswell Foundation, P.O. Box 6000, Roswell, N.M., 88202-6000.





Jane Skaggs - January 12, 2010Contact this person Contact this person
So sorry for the loss of your mother. She was my third grade teacher in 1955 in New Boston. She made such an impression on me. I felt especially close to her because my name is "Jane". She was sweet, beautiful, fun and made learning exciting. There were not enough classrooms at the elementary school so our third grade class was at the high school which was a little frightening for us young children! We had no playground but Mrs. Gillis played "jacks" and other games with us. It was a wonderful year. She and Mr. Gillis were such a beautiful couple. I know you are proud of them both. I did not know where she moved and did not know that she had gone to school in James Bowie. She was still a beautiful lady and it looks as though she and Mr. Gillis had a wonderful family. May God bless you all. Jane Stone Skaggs