Marilyn Patricia “Pat” Gillard, 92, of Newton, Texas passed away on June 10, 2022 at Harbor Hospice in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Pat was born on St. Patrick’s day in 1930 at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Lake Charles, La., to parents Roderick Paul Hawkins and Thelma Lucy Guillory of Westlake, La. She spent her childhood as a native of Westlake, La., where she graduated from Westlake High. Pat married Jesse Adam Gillard in 1957 and were married for 65 years and moved from the Westlake area where they traveled extensively while Jesse was in the Air Force. She was a woman of many hobbies, which included: Sewing, Crocheting and knitting. She also was a tireless and active volunteer in Our Lady of LaSalette in Kirbyville, Texas. Pat was a loving wife and mother. She was a rabid Dallas Cowboy and Newton Eagle football fan.
She is welcomed into heaven by her parents; sister, Gwen Hollingsworth; and daughters, Mary Catherine Gillard and Monica Lynn Gillard.
She will be dearly missed by her husband, Jesse Adam Gillard; sister, Jeanette Mitterlehner; children, Patrick Bernard Hardey, Janet Marie Phelps(Phil), Marsha Ann Daniel, Roderick Kirk Gillard (Cheryl), David Wayne Gillard (Melanie), James Michael Gillard, Charles Stephen Gillard, Suzy Gillard Trahan (Stevie), Melissa Kay Dunn (Eric); 28 grandchildren; and 43 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be at Hixson Westlake Funeral Home on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. with a rosary at 6:30 p.m. Visitation will resume at Hixson Westlake on Monday, June 13, 2022, at 8 a.m. Service will be held at St. John Bosco following visitation on Monday, June 13, 2022, at 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Westlake Magnolia Cemetery.