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Fondest memories of Lillian.

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These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.

Carl and Lillian Illig met in high school and also attended Rice University together. They were married after Carl completed law school in 1933.  See the article “An Event That Changed My Life” under the Stories tab.

Photos of Lillian’s fondest childhood memories growing up in Texas. Photos of Lillian and her beloved family throughout the years.

Lillian Illig was an extraordinary gardener. She was the first president and one of the founders of the Tanglewood Garden Club. She was active in the garden club from it’s inception until her death 2011. Lillian was a prolific writer of articles for the Texas Gardener magazine. See articles from Texas Gardener under the “Stories” tab above.