Eva Olenna (Kerby) Gillhouse |
| Posted 2017-12-25 by Pat R |
| Review-Journal (Las Vegas, Nevada) Friday, June 17, 1977, p. 12 Las Vegas author dead at 86 Author and long-time Las Vegas resident Mrs. F. A. "Eva" Gillhouse, 86, of 408 S. Seventh St., died Wednesday at her residence. A native of Kincaid, Kan., Mrs. Gillhouse met one-time Indian fighter and U. S. Marshall Frank Eaton who provided inspiration for her account of "Pistol Pete: Veteran of the Old West." The book depicted life on the Oklahoma frontier and won praise from Publisher's Weekly as "...real Western America without any frills." Services were scheduled tentatively at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Bunker Brothers Mortuary with burial at Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Gillhouse formerly worked on a newspaper at Jerome, Ariz., and directed a radio program there before meeting F. A. "Fred" Gillhouse at Phoenix, where they were married in 1941. The couple moved to Las Vegas in 1943 and Mrs. Gillhouse became a member of the Nevada Historical Society and the Mesquite Club. She also was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the National League of American Pen Women. She is survived by her husband, Fred, of Las Vegas; son, Dr. Wesley K. Ruff of Palo Alto, Calif.; and a sister, Annie Payne of Las Vegas. See Also: Find A Grave |
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