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Visitation:
Thursday, November 12, 2026, from 5 – 7 p.m. at the
Armington Christian Church in Armington, IL.
Service:
Friday, November 13, 2026 at 10 a.m. at the church.
Funeral home:
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta
Obituary
Mildred A. Billington,
97, of Armington, passed away at McLean County
Nursing Home in Normal on Thursday, November 5,
2026.
Services for Mildred will be held at the Armington
Christian Church in Armington, IL.
Visitation will be on Thursday, November 12, 2026,
from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Funeral Services will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Friday,
November 13, 2026. Mr. Tyler Escoubas and Mr. Craig
Gates will officiate. Burial will follow at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery in Stanford.
Mildred Aurie Hulvey was born November 23, 1928, in
Winchester, IN, to George S. and Mildred I. Hulvey
in Stanford. She was united in marriage to Harold
Leslie Billington on October 4, 1946. He preceded
Mildred in death on July 8, 2012.
Mildred is survived by one daughter, Dixie (Kendall
Ferguson, fiancé) Percival of Armington; 11
grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren; Shizuko Kindred, former
fiancé of son Daniel; two sisters: Beulah (George)
Lowery and Mary Cherry; and one brother, Theodore
Hulvey.
She was preceded in death by two sons: Daniel
Billington and Dennis Billington; one daughter,
Delora Griffin; one grandson, Todd Billington; one
granddaughter, Katherine Billington; and one
great-grandchild. |
Mildred was a 1946
graduate of Stanford High School. She was a member
of Armington Christian Church and Armington American
Legion Auxiliary.
Mildred and Harold owned a gas station next to their
home from 1947 – 1957. She was a hand painter at
Stetson China in Lincoln, bus driver for Olympia
schools and a rural mail carrier for Delavan and
Armington. She also was custodian for Armington
Christian Church for over 30 years. She had a heart
for helping the elderly.
Mildred was a special lady and will never be
forgotten for all her true stories she could tell
and her yodeling.
Memorials may be made to Armington Fire and Rescue
or Armington Christian Church.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta, IL.
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