Violet Marie Gillman

Violet Marie Gurwell Robbins Gillman went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 in Neosho, Missouri. Visitation will be held at Potts Chapel in Independence on Monday, March 25, 2024 with the family greeting friends from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Funeral services will be held at Tyro Christian Church on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 10:00 am, with burial immediately following at Harrisonville Cemetery.

Violet Marie Gurwell Robbins Gillman was born in Jefferson City, Missouri on March 15, 1935 to Joseph and Eula Gurwell. She was the fourth of five. While still an infant the family moved to Twin Falls County, Idaho. Violet attended schools there and graduated from Buhl High School in May 1953. She was married that year also. She lived on a farm and began her career with Safeway and began her family. All three of her sons were born in Magic Valley Memorial Hospital in Twin Falls and attended Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and school in Buhl.

Violet moved to Montgomery County in 1969 and continued her Safeway career and her second marriage to Leroy Gillman in April 1973. They bought a small acreage farm in the country and made a very happy life there for 37 years. She retired from Safeway after 30 years. She was a board member on Consolidated No.1 Water District for many years. Violet was a member of a knitting group for several years and has many good memories of her time shared with those wonderful ladies. Her churches, First United Methodist, and Tyro Christian Church were a real source of inspiration and comfort to her and she was always working on her spiritual journey.

Violet is preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Eula Gurwell, husbands, Marvin Robbins and Leroy Gillman, brother, William David Gurwell, sisters, Roseanna Miller, Ruby May Gurwell, and Josephine Irene Nipper.

Violet’s memory will carry on with her sons, Marvin and wife Catherine Robbins of Neosho, MO, Gary Robbins of McPherson, KS, and James and wife Tina Robbins of Wichita, KS, 5 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. To leave the family a special message of condolence, please visit, www.pottsfuneralhome.com.