Edward Ora Pillman was born on 19. Mar. 1891 at Porter, Porter County, Indiana. He married
Minerva Hanrahan, daughter of
William Hanrahan and
Melna Catherine Hughart, on 21. Feb. 1917 at Christian Church parsonage, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; The Reverend P. Y. Pendleton officiated the wedding ceremony.
Edward Ora Pillman appeared on the census of 7. Apr. 1930 at Liberty Twp., Porter County, Indiana. He married
Flora Irene Sowards on 1. Nov. 1945 at First Evangelical and Reformed Church, Gary, Lake County, Indiana. Edward Ora Pillman died on 30. Jan. 1986 at Porter Memorial Hospital, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, at age 94.
Obituary for Edward Pillman was published January 31, 1986, in The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter Co., Indiana: Edward Pillman Former Liberty Township trustee Edward Pillman, 94, of Valparaiso, died Tuesday in Porter Memorial Hospital. Pillman, a farmer, served as trustee from 1951-59. He was born March 19, 1891 in Porter, the son of John and Eliza (Zane) Pillman. In 1927, he married Minerva Hanrahan Marshall, who died in 1944. In 1945, he married Irene Sowards, who survives. Also surviving are a step-daughter, Hazel Berendt of Valparaiso; four step-grandchildren and with stepgreat-grandchildren. Services 3 p.m. Saturday at Bartholomew Funeral Home; the Rev. Richard Jordan officiating; burial in Kimball Cemetery; visitation 3 to 8 p.m. today; memorials to the Heart Fund or Diabetes Foundation. He was buried on 3. Feb. 1986 at Kimball Cemetery, Liberty Twp., Porter County, Indiana.