Lile Filbin

September 22, 1944 - March 31, 2025

Born in Santa Ana, California on September 22, 1944. Lile grew up in Laguna Beach, California.
After graduating high school, she attended college at Cal Poly Tech in San Luis Obispo, California.
While attending Cal Poly, she met her husband of 60 years, Tom Filbin.
Lile passed away in Flatonia, Texas on March 31, 2025.
Lile and Tom had six children. Theresa (Jerry) LeRoy, Molly Filbin, Katie Temby, Stacy (Thomas) Voges, Jacque (Larry) Snyder and Pat (Mary) Filbin.
She was also blessed with fourteen grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
Lile’s surviving siblings are Curt Harmer, Cam Wood, Carl Klass and Naliko Stewart.
Lile and Tom moved to Nevada in 1981 with five of their children and ran the IL sheep ranch for about 20 years in Pumpernickel Valley.
It was nothing to find her moving a sheep camp, or on a horse herding sheep.
During lambing it was not unusual to find Lile, in the lambing barn feeding bum lambs or assisting ewes lambing.
Shearing was a busy time as well, she was a great cook, and always had a hot meal for everyone.
After leaving Pumpernickel Valley they ranched in Golconda, Yerington and Eureka.
She was a very crucial part of the ranching operation and continued for over forty years, lending a hand wherever necessary.
She had a passion for raising and training Border Collies, Great Pyrenees for guarding the sheep, horses, painting and gardening.
A celebration of life will be announced at a future date. For more information contact Tom Filbin at, 144 Greasy Bend Rd. Smithville, TX 78957 or (775) 221-3206.
The family would like to thank Flatonia Healthcare Center (Texas) and Crown Hospice (Texas) for their support and care for Lile in her final days.