Lillian O. Murdock passed away peacefully at home in Clarkston Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at the age of 76.
She was born Feb. 27, 1944, in Montebello, Calif., to Roland and Delta De Board Barber. She lived in El Monte, Calif., until she finished the fifth grade; she then moved to Baldwin Park, Calif., and started the seventh grade. She graduated from Baldwin Park High School in 1961. After finishing high school, she was a swimsuit model and dress model in restaurants and did some TV commercials in Sacramento, Calif., then she started working for Pacific phone service as a telephone operator in Fairview, Calif.
In 1971, she moved to Orofino and worked for an eye clinic. Lill joined the U.S. Army in â71 with the help of a man named Wally Youngren. She then went to basic training March 15, 1971, in Aniston, Ala. She finished AIT in Georgia and was one of 30 women who started the Womenâs Army Corps. She was transferred to Fort Lewis, Wash., and was interviewed by the Seattle Ti