MILDRED (TOMPKINS) GILLIS, SANFORD – On Friday, August 25, 2017, Mildred (Tompkins) Gillis passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of her family members, listening to her favorite song, One Day at a Time, Sweet Jesus. She has gone to join her husband of 52 years, Maurice Gillis, who has been patiently waiting for her since his passing in 2001.
She leaves behind her three children, Maureen and her husband Glenn McLaughlin of Barnstead, NH, Susan and husband Barry McKenney of No. Waterboro, William Gillis of Casco, five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Mildred was born on June 29, 1921 in Houlton, Maine, and lived there most of her life, before moving to Southern Maine. She was predeceased by her parents, Murray and Minnie Tompkins, and all of her siblings. She was part of a large family of nine children, her sisters were Mary, Helen, Nellie, Leatha, and brothers were Lee, Donald, Theodore and Merrill.
She enjoyed staying at home and raising her three children, baking, sewing, and reading her Bible.
A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at the Riverside Cemetery, Rt. 25 in Cornish, at 3:00 p.m.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Poitras, Neal & York Funeral Home, Cornish. Online condolence messages can be submitted at www.mainefuneral.com
She spent the last year and a half in Sanford, Maine, at the Greenwood Center under their tender loving care, for which our family is grateful.
