Lillian M. (Bratcher) Fieldse

Lillian M. Fieldse passed away on January 5, 2006 from complications stemming from a lifelong love of Pall Mall cigarettes. She left this earth the way she wanted to... very much at peace and still smoking. We are saddened by her loss, but happy she did her way to the very end.

A native of Alluwe, Oklahoma. Her birth name was "4th child unnamed Bratcher". She later amended her birth certificate to take the name Lillian M. Bratcher. She is of Irish, German and Delaware/Lenni-Lenape decent. As a child, she was known as Lily Mae because she was born around Easter and Mae is a family name. Lillian's mother, Louise (Fink) Bratcher died of toxemia while giving birth in 1929. Her father, Charles Edward Bratcher died in 1966.

She met her husband, Palmer John "Jack" Fieldse in Mobile, Alabama and they married in Lucedale, Mississippi five days later. They came to California around 1949-1950. They were married over 55 years. Jack predeceased Lillian in April 2001.

Lillian was a 54 year resident of Rialto, California upon her passing. She is survived by her two sons, Jimmy De Wayne Fieldse, of Lansing, Kansas and Thomas Daryl Fieldse, of Yucaipa, California. Two daughters, Jacklyn Ernst, of Chino Hills, California and Linda Marie Spencer, of Fontana, California. Other survivors include Tommy's wife of 16 years Cindy, Jacklyn's husband of 15 years Ed and Linda's husband of 28 years Rubin.

She also leaves behind nine grandchildren, ages 28 to 6: Shannon Marie Spencer-Leimann and her husband Joshua, Jill Catherine Fieldse, Arion Gnotta, Damien Gnotta, Jeremie Ray Spencer and his wife Kelli, Jaime Sue Fieldse-Easterday and her husband Eldon, Jason Kyle Fieldse, Edward Thomas Ernst, Jr. and Krystal Rose Ernst; and four great-grandchildren, ages 8 to 4: Orlando Corneilus Wallace, Brittany Anne Helmholtz, Jordan Wallace and Nina Alyce Wallace.

Lillian has two surviving sisters, June Sears, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma and Mary Louise Baxter, of Kansas City Missouri. Her older brother John Charles "Pete" Bratcher and older sister Nettie Mae Bemis passed away in 2000. Other surviving relatives include her husband's family; Harold and Marlese Rank of Colton, CA, Ellen (Rank) and Wayne Troxel of Kingman, AZ and Pat (Rank) Pellam also of Kingman, AZ, as well as numerous nieces and nephews for several generations. Another sister in law, Alice (Fieldse) Le Beane passed away in 1977; Alice's husband Earle, passed away in 2002.

She was buried Saturday January 14, 2006 at Green Acres Memorial Park in Bloomington, California.

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