Lillie Avis Limbocker, 92, of Amarillo and formerly of Olton, died Monday, December 24, 2012, in Amarillo. Services will be 1:00 P.M., Thursday, December 27, 2012, at the First United Methodist Church in Olton. Interment will follow at Olton Cemetery under the direction of Ramage Funeral Directors.
Lillie was born January 18, 1920, in Danville, Arkansas to Henry and Mary Fowler Tidwell. She married Ira "Doc" Limbocker on December 1, 1935, and they had six children. She moved to Olton from Blue Ball, Arkansas in 1952. While in Olton, Lillie served at the Church of the Nazarene, worked as a babysitter for many years, sold Avon products and cooked for the Lion's Club. She loved fishing, singing, and especially praising her Lord. The most precious people in her life were her family, children, and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ira, in 1987, one sister, seven brothers, and a grandson, Keith Day in 1998.
Survivors include two sons, Clinton Limbocker and his wife, Charlotte of Danville, Arkansas, and Kenneth Limbocker and his wife, Brenda of Alma, Arkansas, four daughters, Shelda Jean Stump and her husband, Richard of Oklahoma City, OK, Mary Garrett and her husband, Richard of Lubbock, TX, Patricia Dalton and her husband, Don of Amarillo, TX, and Sharon Day and her husband, Dale of Tuttle, OK. She was blessed with twelve grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society 3511 10th St. Lubbock, TX 79415 or the Olton Cemetery Association P.O. Box 1055 Olton, TX 79064.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 26, 2012.