Jack D. Gillis, 91, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
A memorial service for Jack will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26 in the Chapel of Forest Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant. A flag presentation will be conducted by the Iowa Military Funeral Honors Detail. Interment will be in the Forest Home Cemetery. Friends may call to sign the register from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant. Online condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfuneralhome.com.
Jack Duane Gillis was born April 31, 1930, in Mt. Pleasant. He was the son of Gordon Edward and Alice Marie Harper Gillis. He attended school in Mt. Pleasant and graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School. On August 28, 1961, in El Dorado, Ill., Jack was united in marriage to Brenda Joyce McClary. To this union a son, Kirk Duane Gillis, was born on Sept. 28, 1968. Mrs. Gillis died Friday, Oct. 23, 1998, at their residence in Mt. Pleasant.
Jack was called to the service of his country. He entered the United States Army on March 16, 1956, at Ft. Des Moines. He received schooling at the Southeastern Signal School at Ft. Gordon, Ga. He served in the Army Signal Corp and was honorably discharged on March 2, 1959, at Ft. Lewis, Wash.
Jack was a longtime employee of the former Metromail Corp. in Mt. Pleasant. He was a longtime member of the Henry County Rescue Squad and the Mt. Pleasant Police Reserves Association. Jack often volunteered at Midwest Old Threshers during the Reunion and throughout the year.
Survivors include a brother and his wife, Ed and “Skip” Gillis of Burlington, and his “bonus granddaughter” and her husband, Jessica and Jason Loving of Mt. Pleasant.
In addition to his parents and wife, Jack is preceded in death by his son Kirk, who died Sunday, June 17, 2012, at his residence in Mt. Pleasant. Jack is also preceded in death by a brother, James H. Gillis, and Jack’s longtime companion, Francine Kite.