Shelby Gill

Shelby Katherine Baldwin Gill, 66, Bourbonnais, IL. died Friday, January 12, 2007 at Riverside Medical Center.

Shelby was born April 22, 1940 in Hardin County, the daughter of Kenneth and Verna Marie Belford Baldwin.

She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church in Kankakee.

She is survived by her husband John Darrel Gill, whom she married April 30, 1959 in Manteno, IL.; three sons and two daughters-in-laws, David and Kathy Gill, Bradley, IL., Randy Gill, Bourbonnais, IL., John and Jodi Gill, Limestone, IL.; one daughter, Lori White of Mississippi; seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren; two sisters, Patricia Cox and Norma Cozart, both of Rosiclare; three brothers and two sisters-in-law; Irvin and Johnnye Sue Baldwin, Parsons, TN., Virgil and Elva Baldwin, Colona, IL., Garry Baldwin, Rosiclare, IL,; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Russell, Jerry and infant brother Billy Ray Baldwin.

She was the granddaughter of the late Kate and Walter Baldwin who lived on what is now known as "Ranch 34" in the Hicks Branch Community and the late Sarah and Uriah (Reezer) Belford of the Dutton Chapel Community.

Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at Schreffler Funeral Home, Bourbonnais.  Burial was in Kankakee Memorial Gardens.

Source: Hardin County Independent