Lillian Russo Sikinger Willis 85 Monroe Twp.
Lillian passed away peacefully at home on November 16, 2017.
Lillian graduated from Hightstown High School in 1950. She was a first lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol. She worked for Hertz Car Leasing Division as their Eastern Regional Manager. She had previously worked for Radiant Lamp in Hightstown, NJ and Hightstown Rug Company.
Lillian had an unmatched passion for life. Whether it was whisking away to far off places or making plentiful Italian holiday meals at home, her love for life and her family was infectious. Never shy to share her stories of adventures passed, she would relay them in such a way that you felt as though you were right there with her. Speeding around a track in a race car, wandering through the jungles of Costa Rica, or the ever-mundane shopping spree with unparalleled savings.
The daughter of the late Michael and Albina (Guaricci) Russo, she was predeceased by her husband, James Bruce Willis, and her brother, Henry Russo. She is survived by her brother Raymond (Edith) Russo, sister, Bernice McGuirk, brother James (Bernadette) Russo, sister-in-law Helen, children, Louise (Albert) Shrecengost, Kathleen (George) Vasseur, Michael (Yolanda) Sikinger, and Kristina (Michael) Farr, step-children, James Douglas (Jamekra) Willis and Margaret (Scott) Enslin. Her grandchildren and great grandchildren were the light of her life. Marlene (Jason) Swanson (Mason), Andrew Pilch (Caden, Trinity, Kai), Angela (Josh) Gross (Alanya, Jeremiah, Jedediah, and Josiah), Tina (Kevin) Walton (Magdalena), Erica Shrecengost, Michael Sikinger, Kristina Sikinger (Luke), and Kaylee Willis. She is survived as well by numerous nieces and nephews and her best friend and "traveling buddy" Barbara Smith.
Services will be held at Barlow & Zimmer Funeral Home 202 Stockton Street Hightstown, NJ. Calling hours will be Friday November 24, 2017 from 6-8PM and Saturday November 25, 2017 from 9:30AM until the start of service at 10:30AM. Interment will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery 385 Mercer Street Hightstown, NJ. In honor of Lillian, please come dressed in your “animal print” best. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Cancer Research Foundation or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.