Bessie L. (Walters) Gillis, passed away quietly Tuesday night at Ledgewood Nursing Home in Beverly.
She was the beloved aunt of Janice E. Orlando, Anna Karen Foutes, Gloria Grace Ferguson and Alicia Juanita McDaniel. Born in Revere, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Lillian (Zwicker) Walters. Ms. Gillis worked as a LPN at Cusack Nursing Home in Lynn in her early years. Her most enjoyable years were with White Hen Pantry in Beverly. She described her over 20 years of employment as “working with a loving family.”
Besides her four nieces she is survived by her brother Robert’s wife Tommie Walters of AL, her sister’s husband Arthur K. Jean of RI and five great nieces and for great nephews. She was the sister of the late Pearl E. Ahmed, Jean, Kenneth R. and Robert F. Walters. She leaves many beloved friends and people who deeply cared for her.
There are no funeral services at the request of the deceased. The family requests all memorials may be sent in her honor to the Hospice of the North Shore and Greater Boston, 75 Sylvan St., Danvers, MA 01923, for the compassionate care of Bessie in her last days