Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins

South Bend Tribune Nov. 11, 1973

Mrs. Viola (Mickey) Gill

Mrs. Viola (Mickey) Gill, 47, Plant City, Fla., Formerly of South Bend, died at 7 p.m. Friday in Plant City after an illness of six months. born in Toledo, Ohio July 28, 1926, she resided in South Bend until 1969 at which time she moved to Florida. As Viola Bowers she was married to Bryant Gill on May 5, 1962, in South Bend. He survives in addition to two sons, Edward Kurzhal of Granger and Timothy Kurzhal of South Bend; a daughter, Miss Janice Kurzhal of South Bend; four brothers, Homer Bowers, Montpelier, Ohio, William and John Bowers, both of San Bernardino, , Calif., and Clarence Bowers of Overland Park, Kan; two sisters, Mrs. Elmay Buettner of Temperance, Mich. and Mrs. Ruth Bauman of North Liberty, and one grandchild.

   Mrs. Gill had been employed at the Bendix Corp until 1969. A memorial service will be held in the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Plant City Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Joseph County Cancer Society. The Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, Mishawaka, handled local arrangements.