This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8458 Message Board Post: Daily Independent newspaper Ridgecrest CA Kern County June 24, 2005 PATRICIA ANN DILL 1933-2005 Ridgecrest businesswoman Patricia Ann Dill passed away Thursday June 23, 2005 at Ridgecrest Healthcare. She was 71. Visitation will be Saturday June 26 from 2 to 5 pm at Holland & Lyons Chapel. Funeral services will be held Monday June 27 at 9 am at Holland & Lyons Chapel. The Rev. Robert E. Gamel of St. Ann Church will officiate. Burial will be at Desert Memorial Park. Mrs. Dill was born Oct. 28, 1933 in Baltimore, Md. She had been married to her husband Louis since 1951 - 54 years. She began preparing taex in 1966 and owned and operated Patricia A. Dill's Bookkeeping and Tax Service since 1974. She was an active member of the Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce and an Ambassador with the group. She was also an active member of Ridgecrest Elks Lodge #1913. She was an avid Bingo player and enjoyed trips to Las Vegas. She was preceded in death by her parents Helen and Lawrence Davis, a sister Doris Bornman, a brother Lawrence Davis, a son Louis I. Dill Jr. and step-father Ernest Welzel. She is survived by her husband Louis I. Dill Sr. of Ridgecrest, daughter Sonya J. Shaw of Ridgecrest, son and daughter-in-law Robert E. and Norma Dill of Florida, son and daughter-in-law Michael C. and Jennifer Dill of Ridgecrest, son Raymond L. Dill of Bakersfield, grandchildren Carl M. Miller of Tucson, Ariz., Steven B. Miller of Sacramento, Lindsay M. Shearer of Phoenix, Ariz., Lisa Dill of Florida, Raymond Dill Jr. of Bakersfield, Christopher Dill, Brandon Dill and Adam Dill of Florida, Bryan Dill of Ridgecrest, Ashley Dill of Augusta, Ga., Katie and Andy Mills of Ridgecrest, Michael Dill Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz. and Jason Dill of Pomona, great-grandchidren Pressley Miller, Robert Shearer, Caidence Shearer, Joey and Ryan Mills and her beloved pet, Colette. Arrangements and media information provided by Holland & Lyons Mortuary. News Review newspaper Ridgecrest Ca June 29, 2005 PATRICIA ANN DILL Patricia Ann Dill died Thursday June 23, 2005 at Ridgecrest Healthcare Center. She was 71. A funeral service was held Monday June 27 with the Rev. Robert E. Gamel of St. Ann Catholic Church officiating. Patricia was born Oct. 28, 1933 in Baltimore, Md. After she married her husband Louis in 1951 the couple had a 54 year marriage. She began preparing taxes in 1966 and owned and operated Patricia A. Dill's Bookkeeping and Tax Service ever since she moved to Ridgecrest in 1974. She was an active member of the Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce, including service as a Chamber Ambassador. She also was an active member of Ridgecrest Elks Lodge No. 1913. She was an avid bingo player and enjoyed trips to Las Vegas. Patricia was preceded in death by her parents Helen and Lawrence Davis, sister Doris Bornman, brother Lawrence Davis, son Louis I. Dill Jr., and stepfather Ernest Welzel. She is survived by husband Louis I. Dill Sr. of Ridgecrest, daughter Sonya J. Shaw of Ridgecrest and sons Robert E. Dill and wife Norma of Florida, Michael C. Dill and wife Jennifer of Ridgecrest and Raymond L. Dill of Bakersfield. More survivors were grandchildren Carl M. Miller of Tucson, Ariz., Steven B. Miller of Sacramento, Lindsay M. Shearer of Phoenix, Lisa Dill of Florida, Raymond Dill Jr. of Bakersfield, Christopher Dill, Brandon Dill and Adam Dill of Florida, Bryan Dill of Ridgecrest, Ashley Dill of Augusta, Ga., Katie and Andy Mills of Ridgecrest, Michael Dill Jr. of Phoenix and Jason Dill of Pomona, great-grandchildren Pressley Miller, Robert Shearer, Caidence Shearer and Joey and Ryan Mills, and her beloved pet Colette. Interment was at Desert Memorial Park in Ridgecrest. Arrangements were by Holland & Lyos Mortuary.