Armington – 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.