SANDOVAL — Lillie May Page, 84, formerly of Sandoval, Illinois passed away at 5:11 p.m. Saturday, August 20, 2022, at her home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Lillie was born on October 26, 1937, in Sandoval, Illinois, the daughter of Fredrick Harmon Overbeck and Ethel May (Yates) Overbeck.
Lillie had an adventurous life. Among some of the many jobs Lillie had included working as a telephone operator on the old switchboards, Kas Potato Chip company, a teacher at St. Lawrence Catholic School, and at Wheaton’s Plastics from where she retired. She was a den mother for Cub Scouts, a Senior Regent for the Moose, a member of the Happy Hearts Quilt Guild in Salem, Illinois, and a passionate lifetime learner earning her bachelor’s degree from SIU, Carbondale. Lillie loved to travel and a major accomplishment was visiting all 50 states and Thailand. She was enthusiastic about National Parks and visiting all she passed on the roads throughout the United States. After her retirement, she worked in the Black Hills National Forest at Custer State Park’s Sylvan Lake Resort and Store for several years. She was an obsessive reader and enjoyed bowling and craft projects. She was also a loyal fan of the St. Louis Cardinals keeping her own stats on lined notebook paper.
Lillie is survived by her two daughters: Helen Beth (Charles) Davis of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and Linda Diann (Page) Hohmeyer of Carlyle; grandchildren: Brittany (Jacob) Potter of Centralia, Melissa (Adam) Gebke and Alexander (Kortney) Hohmeyer of Carlyle, Eric (Piper) Davis and Stephanie Davis of Pleasant Grove, Utah, David (Megan) Davis and Stephen Davis of Kansas City, Missouri, Kelly (Ryan) Cole of Coweta, Oklahoma; Tyler (Sarah) Tibbs of West Frankfort; great-grandchildren: Brooke Kleiboeker, Jackson Kleiboeker, Kaleb Kleiboeker, Karson Kleiboeker, Wyatt Gebke, Callie Mae Gebke, Ryan Hohmeyer, Juri Davis, Yuna Davis, Yuri Davis, Brooklynn Davis, Olivia Davis, Grayson Cole, Lillie V Cole, Michael Ideker, Mickinlee Ideker, Patrick Tibbs, Jordyn Lillie Tibbs. Lillie was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Mary Katherine (Overbeck) Lyons, her brother-in-law, C.M. (Jim) Lyons, several nephews, and her oldest child Richard Joe Tibbs Jr.
Graveside services will be held at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Centralia, Illinois and the date and time will be released at a later time. Please check the Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home website at sutherlandfuneralhome.com for the updated date and time. Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home at 235 North Sycamore Street Centralia, Illinois 62801, 618-532-3523, is honored to be of service to the Page family.