Virginia Gillett

Virginia Maxine Gillett, 86, of Purcell, OK died April 30, 2011, in Purcell, Oklahoma. She was born September 21, 1924, at Burns, Wyoming, to John and Jennie Judy. She married Robert Gillett on September 8, 1944, at Cheyenne, Wyoming. They were married for 65 years. Maxine grew up on a wheat farm north of Burns, Wyoming, and attended school at Burns. She loved outdoor activities and playing basketball. She graduated from Burns High School in 1942 and moved to Cheyenne with her longtime friend, Jeanette Jones. They went to work in the plains Hotel in Cheyenne until she met and married her husband, Bob. They raised their children in the Hillsdale and Burns area and Maxine enjoyed fishing and camping trips, watching her children's school activities, raising gardens and flowers, and feeding the wild rabbits. They would sit out in the evenings and watch the rabbits line up in single file across the lawn and come in one at a time to eat. One rabbit even got so brave as to come up and nudge her if he thought she wasn't getting the food out soon enough. Maxine worked on the farm and as a house wife in addition to working part-time at the Antelope Junction Café as a waitress. When she retired from that, she worked for awhile for the Burns School Cafeteria. Maxine attended church at the Hillsdale Methodist Church and was a member of the Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion. In November, 2009, Bob and Maxine moved to Purcell, Oklahoma, to Westbrook until she moved to Sunset Estates in January, 2011. She is survived by one brother, Kent Judy and his wife, Doris, of Greybull, Wyoming; three children, Sharon Hardcastle and husband, Bill, of Purcell, Oklahoma; Roger Gillette and wife, Chris, of Hulett, Wyoming; and Rodney Gillett and wife, Ann, of Wichita, Kansas; ten grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob, and her parents, John and Jennie Judy. A funeral services will be held in 2:00 p.m. Monday at Wadley's Funeral Chapel in Purcell, OK and a Graveside Service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Cheyenne with Reverend Beverly Webb officiating.

Service

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 2:00pm

Memorial Gardens

Christensen Road

CHEYENNE, WY

Interment

Cheyenne Memorial Gardens

Highway 30

CHEYENNE, WY 82009