Allie Mae Toolen

Funeral services for Allie Mae Toolen will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Brother Scott officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Gillette Memorial Chapel.Longtime resident of Gillette, Allie Mae Mitchell Toolen, 85, passed away Friday, November 15, 2013 at her home.Mae was born December 8, 1927 in Twitty, Texas to Eligah and Lola Mitchell. Mae lived in the Twitty area until January 12, 1947 when she married Jack W. Toolen Sr., the love of her life. To their union they added three sons and one daughter. Mae carried a Contract Mail Route for 12 years in Shamrock, Texas. Upon moving to Gillette in September 1970, she was head cook for Pioneer Manor Nursing Home and in October 1972, head cook in the new kitchen at Campbell County School District. While employed there, Mae was head cook at football camps, Mallo Camp, and was a custodian until retirement in 1987. Missing working with people, she came out of retirement to do in-home health care for the elderly in their homes. Mae worked six years at Walmart as a Greeter and Phone Announcer retiring only due to health problems.Mae is survived by her three sons, Jack W. Toolen Jr. of Kingman, AZ, Eligah John and wife Diana of Wright, Wyoming, Albert and wife Lisa of Gillette, and her daughter Delcena Thompson of Gillette. Mae had twelve grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren with one due in May 2014.Mae is preceded in death by her husband Jack W. Toolen, Sr. in 1981.Serving her Savior Lord Jesus Christ always sharing his love to all she met and her family brought her the greatest joy.Memorials and Condolences may be sent in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 West Fifth Street, Gillette, WY 82716, or via our website at www.gillettememorialchapel.com.Funeral Home:Gillette Memorial Chapel210 West Fifth Street Gillette, WYUS 82716