Polly Gill

Posted May 26th, 2007 at 10:56 AM by Kevin Sandefur
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Polly Gill

CLINTON - Polly Louise Wright Gill, 42, Clinton, died at 6:38 p.m. Thursday (May 24, 2007), at her family residence in Clinton.

Her funeral will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton. Cremation rites were accorded. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Operation Homefront.

She was born Feb. 5, 1965, at Albuquerque, N.M., daughter of Leland and Patsy Thomas Wright. She married Dr. David Gill on June 6, 1987, at Mendota.

Survivors include her husband, Dr. David Gill, Clinton; her parents, Leland and Patsy Wright, Clinton; her children, Louis Gill, Tallulah "Tally" Gill and Holden Gill, all at home; two brothers, Keith (Kathleen) Wright, Albuquerque, N.M., and Brian (Cindy) Wright, Williston, Vt.; and one sister, Pamela Wright, Springfield.

Polly enjoyed knitting, reading and spending time with her children.

http://www.legacy.com/news-gazette/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=88345226

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On May 26th, 2007 at 08:37 PM, wayward said:

Polly was wonderful - I got to meet her last year and really liked her.  My condelences to David and his family.

On May 26th, 2007 at 09:38 PM, Run4cvrlib said:

Wow, sorry to hear that, I never met Mrs. Gill but I did meet Dr. Gill many times while on the campaign trail for Brady and others. He was a real nice guy, let him know my thoughts and prayers our with him and his family. 

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On May 27th, 2007 at 02:41 AM, Dan Fielding said:

Deepest sympathies to those who had the pleasure of knowing her.

On May 29th, 2007 at 10:12 AM, moon_grrl (not verified) said:

I am so sorry to hear this. I met Dr. Gill a couple of times while he was campaigning and he seems to be a very nice person. His family has my sympathies.

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On May 29th, 2007 at 10:20 AM, IlliniPundit said:

I just saw this.  I don't know who promoted it to the front page, but I'm glad they did.

On a personal level, my condolences to the Gill family.

On May 30th, 2007 at 04:59 PM, wayward said:

I just got back from the visitation; there were a lot of people there.  It was nice of Tim Johnson to come.  Polly was an artist and some of her work was on display.  Here are some photos (though my cellphone camera doesn't do her work justice).

 

Quilt 1 (photo is blurry)


Quilt 2

From 1986 self-portrait

Life drawing

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On May 30th, 2007 at 08:21 PM, Kevin Sandefur said:

I got to the visitation late, so I didn't see everyone, but there were easily 150+ at the memorial service alone.  As with any life well lived, the service was alternately uplifting and gut wrenchingly painful.  Overall, it was clear that Polly had touched an inordinate number of people in her all too brief life.  We shall miss her dearly...

On May 30th, 2007 at 09:58 PM, wayward said:

I got there toward the middle of the visitation, and there were a lot of people paying their respects.  The first time I talked to her was on Election Night in 2006 - there was a party for David at someone's house, and we were watching the results come in.  She was also battling cancer at that point, and she was incredibly pleasant and gracious.  I really liked her, and wished that I'd gotten a chance to know her better.