BENNETT, Iowa - Florence Louise Hillyer, 82, of Bennett, died Saturday, March 18, 2000, at the Lutheran Homes. Services will be at the Peace Church of Christ United in Bennett. The Rev. Richard Schafbuch will officiate. Organist will be Deb Mohr and vocalists will be Julie Wilkins and Nancy Chittick. Pallbearers will be Richard Hillyer, Garry Hillyer, Dan Hillyer, Greg Hermiston, Robin Hillyer, Matt Hermiston, Shelley Hermiston and Nathan Hermiston. Burial will be at the Inland Cemetery in Bennett. Visitation will be at Bentley Funeral Homes in Durant. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Special Care Unit and the Muscatine Lutheran Homes. She was born on Nov. 23, 1917, the daughter of Ferdinand and Louise Lunow Sieck in Lowden. She married Harold Hillyer on Feb. 25, 1941, in Lowden. He preceded her in death on Nov. 13, 1986. She worked at Horstmanns Store in Bennett, the Royal Blue in Tipton, Scheller Globe in Iowa City, and Walmart in Tipton. She was a member of the Peace Church of Christ in Bennett and the Bennett Senior Citizens. She enjoyed sewing and gardening. Survivors include a daughter, Diane Hermiston and her husband, Stephen, of Durant; two sons, Dennis Hillyer and his wife, Becky, of Bayfield, Colo., Darrell Hillyer and his wife, Dee, of Davenport; three sisters, Augusta Behrens of Wilton., Helen Schmidt of Bennett, Esther Hillyer of Bennett; a brother, Russell Sieck of Toddville; eight grandchildren; two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, her father, Ferdinand Sieck; her mother, Louise Sieck; a sister, Viola Behrens.