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Obituary for HILLIARD


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Tuesday February 12, 2013

HILLIARD, JANE MAUK age 93. Funeral services for Jane Mauk Hilliard, 93, of Portales will be at 2:00 PM, Thursday, February 14, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church in Portales with the Rev. Michael Brunk officiating. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Lee Hilliard, Phillip Wayne Goerge, Phillip Wayne George II, John Gentry, Raymond Kobernick, Brett Leach, Jerry Everhart and David Raybould serving as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Collin Hilliard, Cyrus McKnight, Jr., David Stone, Barry Stone, Joe Marion Blair, Bobby Borden, Vern Witten, Gerald Crozier, Glenn Terry Ezell, Howard Perry, Gayle Ferguson, Richard Hood, Steve Howl, Harry Jordan, Bob Morgan, Rick Uhlig, Bill Wahlman, Orlando Ortega, Keith Hilliard, Ernie Lucero, Grady Jenkins, Buck Wilson, Dennis Darrow, David Myers, Stuart Ingle, Stephen Quinn and other devoted friends and family. In Lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations to the J. K. and Jane Hilliard Undergraduate Scholarship in History of the Eastern New Mexico University Foundation, Station 8, 1500 S. Ave. K, Portales, NM 88130. Jane Elizabeth Mauk Hilliard was born October 23, 1919 in Tucumcari, NM to the home of Ida and John V. Mauk and died at her home in Portales on February 8, 2013. Mrs. Hilliard lived nearly her entire life in Portales, and was involved in many civic and social activities. A complete version of her obituary can be read online at wheelermortury.net. She is survived by three sons, John Mauk Hilliard of New York, NY, William Kent Hilliard of Portales, NM and James Letton Hilliard of Albuquerque; as well as numerous other family members. Arrangements are under the direction of Wheeler Mortuary of Portales. 575-356-4455, wheelermortuary.net