Luella Dillavou

Luella Dillavou

February 03, 1911 – April 17, 2011

Muncie, Indiana and formerly of Oskaloosa, Iowa

Visitation: will be held from noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel. The family will be at College Avenue Friends Church from 10 a.m. to service time on Thursday to greet friends and relatives.
Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m., Thursday morning, April 21, 2011 at College Avenue Friends Church with Pastors Tom Palmer and Del Copponger officiating.
Interment: Friends Cemetery near Lynnville, Iowa

Luella passed away Sunday morning, April 17, 2011, at Golden Living Center in Muncie, Indiana at the age of 100 years, 2 months and 14 days.

Luella was born February 3, 1911 in Searsboro, Iowa, the daughter of Glenwood and Bertha Williams Stanley. Luella taught for a number of years at a country school near Grinnell and also taught in Salem during the time her father was a pastor in Salem. In 1935 Luella married the Reverend Wade Dillavou and she was an active and beloved pastor’s wife for the more than 40 years he served as pastor of a number of Friends Churches in Iowa. After her husband passed away she lived in Oskaloosa and was active in College Avenue Friends Church for 20 years before joining her family in Muncie.

Survivors include her daughter Joyce Bell (husband Steve) of Muncie, IN, two granddaughters, Allison Bell of Muncie and Hilary Borlack (husband Scott) of Bloomfield Hills, MI, and three great grandchildren, Geoffrey and Samantha Politinsky and Sean Borlack.

Luella was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, Glenwood and Wilbur Stanley, and three sisters, Irene Bell, Esther Savage and Berthamay Roberts.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate that donations be sent to Camp Quaker Heights, at Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends, 411 College Avenue, Oskaloosa, IA, 52577.

Source: GVL Funeral Chapel