Wilhelmina "Billie" Hunt

Billie Hunt, 94, of Ottawa, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at St. Columba Church, with Rev. David Kipfer, Pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, at the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa. Billie was born on November 30, 1924 in LaSalle to William and Augusta (Kleefield) Noll. She was a graduate of L-P High School, class of 1942. Billie married Eugene A. Hunt on November 24, 1943 in LaSalle. She was a member of St. Columba Church, LaSalle County Home Extension, Dayton Women’s Club, Illinois Valley Quilters Guild, Catholic Daughters of America, Altar and Rosary Society, Red Cross, Prime Timers, Fun Timers, Pleasant View Luther Home, and Advantage Travel Services. She is survived by 2 children, Sharon Jean Hundt, of Ottawa and Larry D. (Sharon) Hunt of Peru, 8 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Eugene, in 1975, 4 sisters, Thelma Noll, Dorothy Pacetti, Pauline Burns, and Margaret Hillis, and 2 brothers, Louis and William Noll. Pallbearers will be Matthew, Samuel, and Adam Hunt, Timothy and Anthony Hundt, and Kevin Ainsworth. Memorials may be directed to St. Columba Church.