Lillian Jonason

Lillian Jonason, 89, joined her childhood sweetheart in Heaven on February 13, 2014. Together for 70 years on earth, she looked forward to their reunion.

Lillian was born on March 16, 1924 in an impoverished area of Chicago, Illinois. As a sophomore in Chicago’s Parker High School, Lillian met her husband-to-be, Paul Jonason, and eloped three years later at age 18, less than six months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Her new husband enlisted in the Army Air Corps, as she worked as PBX operator, theater box office clerk and aircrafts assembly line worker while following her husband’s tran...