Louanna M. Billington, 89, of Madison, passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, at Hospice of The Western Reserve in Cleveland.
Born July 12, 1920, in East Palestine, she was the daughter of Leota H. (Gordon) and Marcus V. Olloman.
Mrs. Billington worked as a teacher in the Madison school system.
She had been a Madison area resident since 1941. She was a Lake Erie College graduate with a B.A. degree and continued at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania, where she received her master's degree in English and reading.
Mrs. Billington received two Martha Holden Jennings Scholarship Awards for teaching reading for the mechanics of puppetry. She taught grades four and five at Homer Nash Kimball Elementary School from 1963 to 1973, and she was in charge of Madison School's Remedial Reading Program (Title I) from 1973 until her retirement in 1987. She was the author of two books, "Pillars to Pikes," in 1990 and "History of Madison," in 1994
She was a member of Central Congregational Church, The Madison-Geneva Study Club, Grapevine Club for 53 years, and was a co-founder of the Madison Historical Society. She was also a member of Retired Teachers Association, Round Table Study Club, Delta Kappa Gamma, Madison Garden Club, Ohio Preservation Council in Columbus, and a longtime member of International Reading Association.
Survivors are her son, Jeffrey H. (Kay) Billington of Concord Township; three grandchildren, Bethany Billington Burgess, Bryan and Bruce Billington; three great-grandchildren, Damon, Ryan and Ashley; and one sister, Dorothea Douglas of Nashville, Tenn.
She was preceded in death in 2007 by her husband, Merle A. Billington, whom she married Feb. 22, 1941, in Geneva; son, Jon D. Billington; and her parents.
Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at The Behm Family Funeral Homes & Crematory, 26 River St., Madison. (Please note the date of service.)
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Final resting place will be in Fairview Cemetery in Madison.
Contributions may be made to Madison Historical Society, P.O. Box 91, Madison, OH 44057, or Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 E. 185th St., Cleveland, OH 44119.
Born July 12, 1920, in East Palestine, she was the daughter of Leota H. (Gordon) and Marcus V. Olloman.
Mrs. Billington worked as a teacher in the Madison school system.
She had been a Madison area resident since 1941. She was a Lake Erie College graduate with a B.A. degree and continued at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania, where she received her master's degree in English and reading.
Mrs. Billington received two Martha Holden Jennings Scholarship Awards for teaching reading for the mechanics of puppetry. She taught grades four and five at Homer Nash Kimball Elementary School from 1963 to 1973, and she was in charge of Madison School's Remedial Reading Program (Title I) from 1973 until her retirement in 1987. She was the author of two books, "Pillars to Pikes," in 1990 and "History of Madison," in 1994
She was a member of Central Congregational Church, The Madison-Geneva Study Club, Grapevine Club for 53 years, and was a co-founder of the Madison Historical Society. She was also a member of Retired Teachers Association, Round Table Study Club, Delta Kappa Gamma, Madison Garden Club, Ohio Preservation Council in Columbus, and a longtime member of International Reading Association.
Survivors are her son, Jeffrey H. (Kay) Billington of Concord Township; three grandchildren, Bethany Billington Burgess, Bryan and Bruce Billington; three great-grandchildren, Damon, Ryan and Ashley; and one sister, Dorothea Douglas of Nashville, Tenn.
She was preceded in death in 2007 by her husband, Merle A. Billington, whom she married Feb. 22, 1941, in Geneva; son, Jon D. Billington; and her parents.
Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at The Behm Family Funeral Homes & Crematory, 26 River St., Madison. (Please note the date of service.)
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Final resting place will be in Fairview Cemetery in Madison.
Contributions may be made to Madison Historical Society, P.O. Box 91, Madison, OH 44057, or Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 E. 185th St., Cleveland, OH 44119.
Louanna M. Billington, 89, of Madison, passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, at Hospice of The Western Reserve in Cleveland.
Born July 12, 1920, in East Palestine, she was the daughter of Leota H. (Gordon) and Marcus V. Olloman.
Mrs. Billington worked as a teacher in the Madison school system.
She had been a Madison area resident since 1941. She was a Lake Erie College graduate with a B.A. degree and continued at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania, where she received her master's degree in English and reading.
Mrs. Billington received two Martha Holden Jennings Scholarship Awards for teaching reading for the mechanics of puppetry. She taught grades four and five at Homer Nash Kimball Elementary School from 1963 to 1973, and she was in charge of Madison School's Remedial Reading Program (Title I) from 1973 until her retirement in 1987. She was the author of two books, "Pillars to Pikes," in 1990 and "History of Madison," in 1994
She was a member of Central Congregational Church, The Madison-Geneva Study Club, Grapevine Club for 53 years, and was a co-founder of the Madison Historical Society. She was also a member of Retired Teachers Association, Round Table Study Club, Delta Kappa Gamma, Madison Garden Club, Ohio Preservation Council in Columbus, and a longtime member of International Reading Association.
Survivors are her son, Jeffrey H. (Kay) Billington of Concord Township; three grandchildren, Bethany Billington Burgess, Bryan and Bruce Billington; three great-grandchildren, Damon, Ryan and Ashley; and one sister, Dorothea Douglas of Nashville, Tenn.
She was preceded in death in 2007 by her husband, Merle A. Billington, whom she married Feb. 22, 1941, in Geneva; son, Jon D. Billington; and her parents.
Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at The Behm Family Funeral Homes & Crematory, 26 River St., Madison. (Please note the date of service.)
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Final resting place will be in Fairview Cemetery in Madison.
Contributions may be made to Madison Historical Society, P.O. Box 91, Madison, OH 44057, or Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 E. 185th St., Cleveland, OH 44119.
Born July 12, 1920, in East Palestine, she was the daughter of Leota H. (Gordon) and Marcus V. Olloman.
Mrs. Billington worked as a teacher in the Madison school system.
She had been a Madison area resident since 1941. She was a Lake Erie College graduate with a B.A. degree and continued at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania, where she received her master's degree in English and reading.
Mrs. Billington received two Martha Holden Jennings Scholarship Awards for teaching reading for the mechanics of puppetry. She taught grades four and five at Homer Nash Kimball Elementary School from 1963 to 1973, and she was in charge of Madison School's Remedial Reading Program (Title I) from 1973 until her retirement in 1987. She was the author of two books, "Pillars to Pikes," in 1990 and "History of Madison," in 1994
She was a member of Central Congregational Church, The Madison-Geneva Study Club, Grapevine Club for 53 years, and was a co-founder of the Madison Historical Society. She was also a member of Retired Teachers Association, Round Table Study Club, Delta Kappa Gamma, Madison Garden Club, Ohio Preservation Council in Columbus, and a longtime member of International Reading Association.
Survivors are her son, Jeffrey H. (Kay) Billington of Concord Township; three grandchildren, Bethany Billington Burgess, Bryan and Bruce Billington; three great-grandchildren, Damon, Ryan and Ashley; and one sister, Dorothea Douglas of Nashville, Tenn.
She was preceded in death in 2007 by her husband, Merle A. Billington, whom she married Feb. 22, 1941, in Geneva; son, Jon D. Billington; and her parents.
Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at The Behm Family Funeral Homes & Crematory, 26 River St., Madison. (Please note the date of service.)
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Final resting place will be in Fairview Cemetery in Madison.
Contributions may be made to Madison Historical Society, P.O. Box 91, Madison, OH 44057, or Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 E. 185th St., Cleveland, OH 44119.
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