Francis M. "Noonie" Bilz, Jr. Obituary (1934

Mr. Francis "Noonie" Maurice Bilz Jr., age 88 of Madison, Indiana, entered this life on September 16, 1934 in Madison, Indiana. He was the son of the late Francis M., Sr. and Helen Nadine Distel Bilz. He graduated from Central High School on Ryker's Ridge in 1952. Raised Catholic, he served as an altar boy at St. Mary's Catholic Church in downtown Madison. Francis was married early in life and was blessed with one daughter, Frances Nadine. He later married the love of his life, Rachel Louise Robbins on April 2, 1955 in Jeffersonville, Indiana. This happy union of 60 years was blessed with five children, Bev, Wayne, Carol, Billy and Eddie. He was a great family man and wonderful husband. He and Rachel, Sis as he called her, enjoyed going to amusement parks and taking the family everywhere. Francis began his working career with Pearl Packing in downtown Madison for two years. He moved the family to Chicago and worked for Union Bag for nine years as a conagator operator. He then came back to Madison and worked on the Ohio River for Tommy Thomas and Jim Shake. He then started driving an over the road truck for Ace Dorn, Rickey and Stewart, Pepsi, Land Lease Trucking, Allen Freight, Snyder, and finished up with Baylor Trucking with a total of 48 years of service. Francis enjoyed going to the gambling boat, playing bingo, listening to music and old records, and spending time with his family. Francis died on Saturday, June 17, 2023, at 7:54 p.m. at the Norton King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Francis will be missed by his loving daughter, Bev Reece of Madison, Indiana; his sons, William Maurice Bilz and his wife, Stacy, of Madison, Indiana and Lewis Wayne McGuire and his wife, Linda of Lexington, Indiana; his sister, Francis "Bo" Georgene Hammond of Tuscumbia, Alabama; his brothers, William "Billy" Bilz of Greenwood, Indiana, Robert L. "Bobby" Bilz of Columbus, Indiana; his grandchildren, Deanna Turner, Michael Bowen, Dylan Haase, Keith Bilz, Angie Bilz, Michael Burress, Olivia Greenhill, Chandra Cyrus, Cory Meadows, Leana Albert, Betty Woodward, Lucy Sharp, Amanda Lafountain, Stevie Jo Pike, Daniel McGuire; his many great grandchildren; his many great great grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, Francis M. Bilz, Sr., died September 20, 1991, his mother, Helen Nadine Distel Bilz, died October 16, 1978, his beloved wife of sixty years, Rachel Louise Robbins Bilz, died July 10, 2015; his son, Robert Edward Bilz, died January 13, 1999; his daughters, Frances Nadine Bilz, died in 2005 and Carol Denise Bilz Meadows, died March 24, 2019, his grandson, John Robert "John Boy" Scholl, died March 5, 2002, his great granddaughter, Tiara Dezarae Turner, died February 15, 2022, his great grandson, Derrick Robert Turner, died February 13, 2009, his brothers, Russell Edward Bilz, died July 8, 2018 and his wife, Ginger, died May 30, 2010, George "Tony" Anthony Bilz, died July 13, 2020 and his wife, Brenda, died April 16, 2016, his sister, Betty Browning and her husband, Bob "Buck", his brother in law, James Webb Hammond; his sisters in law, Barbara Ann Bilz, died January 5, 2022 and Kathleen "Kathy" Bilz, died December 20, 2016. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., by Pastor Judy Howard Stater at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Bedford Cemetery in Bedford, Kentucky. TO WATCH THE FUNERAL LIVE PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW:https://webcast.funeralvue.com/events/viewer/89559/hash:D64216BCBB351D93 VISITATION Friends may visit Tuesday from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. and Wednesday from noon until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Driver in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to Kidney Foundation. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances, and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com Place A Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Francis M. "Noonie" Bilz, Jr., please click here to visit our sympathy store.