Lucille O. Hilliard, 97, died Saturday morning at Concordia Lutheran Ministries, Cabot, where she lived since March.

Born in Millstone, Clarion County, Feb. 25, 1909, she was the oldest of seven daughters born to Benton and Hilda Grady Wenner.

She is a member of the Mount Zion Baptist Church at Moraine State Park.

Mrs. Hilliard was a homemaker; and she and her husband farmed for many years in the Moraine State Park area before moving to North Road. After her husband's death, she lived in the Portersville area for 25 years. She then lived at Concordia At The Orchard in Butler for 3½ years.

Surviving are three daughters, Marjorie Stephenson, Doris Pfeifer and Lois Bauder all of the Portersville area; five grandchildren, Douglas Pfeifer, Wendy Evans, Tammy Bauder, Zane Stephenson and Loraine Schumacker; and six great-grandchildren. Two sisters, Jeanetta Himes of Harrisville and Cecelia Wiley of New Castle also survive.

Her husband, Frank W Hilliard, whom she married June 16, 1926, died in 1978. Four sisters also preceded her in death.

<B>HILLIARD </B>— Friends of Lucille O. Hilliard, who died Saturday, June 17, 2006, will be received from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the <B>Edward L. </B>Rasely<B> Funeral Home</B>, Prospect. Services will follow at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Don Hurray, pastor of the Mountville Presbyterian Church, officiating.Burial will follow at the Greenlawn Burial Estates, Mount Chestnut.For more information go to www.raisleyfuneralhome.com.