MEADE – Loretta Mae Gillen, age 80, died Saturday morning, March 1, 2008, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.

She was born October 21, 1927, in Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Glen and Alma (Klotz) McCullough. As a young girl she attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School. A lifetime Meade resident, she was a homemaker.

She was a member of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, Meade, and enjoyed reading, attending and watching sporting events, and television programs.

On January 16, 1946, she married Dominic "Dom" Gillen at Meade, Kansas. He passed away on October 6, 2005.

Survivors include:
Three sons, Leander Gillen of Ulysses, Kansas
Mike Gillen of Meade, Kansas
Rick Gillen of Meade, Kansas

A daughter, Sheryl Cook of Bucklin, Kansas

Three brothers, Art McCullough of Liberty, Texas
Charles McCullough of Fredericksburg, Virginia
LeWayne McCullough of Hellertown, Pennsylvania

Eleven grandchildren Nine great-grandchildren

She is preceded in death by her husband, Dom; a daughter, Patsy Mae Gillen; and her parents.

Vigil services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, March 4, 2008, at St. John the Baptist Church, Meade. Holy Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at the church with the Reverend Angel Dy presiding. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Tuesday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will be in the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to the Lone Tree Retirement Center, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, or Hospice of the Prairie in care of the mortuary.