Harold Sills

Harold Ray Sills, age 57, of St. Cloud, formerly of Sauk Centre and Elkville, Illinois, died Thursday, November 24, 2005 at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, November 28 at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre with Rev. James Clausen officiating.

Friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Visitation will also be 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, December 1, 2005 at the Searby Funeral Home in Dequoin, Illinois with a graveside service at 11:30 a.m. at DeSoto Cemetery in DeSoto, Illinois.

Harold Ray Sills was born June 21, 1948 in DeSoto, Illinois to Earl and Thelma (Hunt) Sills. He was employed at WACOSA in Waite Park. Ray loved spending time with family and friends. He enjoyed all kinds of animals, especially dogs.

Survivors include his mother, Thelma Sills of Sauk Centre; brother, Tom Sills (Dorothy) of Sauk Centre; nephew, Johnny Sills (Janelle) of Blaine; niece, Wendy Middendorf (Jeff) of Sauk Centre; three great-nephews, Austin Middendorf, Jesse and Casey Sills; one great-niece, Maddie Sue Middendorf.

He was preceded in death by his father, Earl Sills.