<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/maydell-lillard.html" dsn="news"><item_date>01/14/2021 12:03:00 PM</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image><img src="" width="400" height="582" alt=""/></image><firstname>Maydell</firstname><middlename/><maidenname/><lastname>Lillard</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year/><relationship-to-university>Staff</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Maydell Lillard</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Staff</relationship></relationships><main-content>Maydell Lillard, 76, of Denton, who worked in UNT’s financial aid department for nearly 20 years, died Dec. 11 in Aubrey. As a pastor’s wife, she had lived in many different cities throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. She was a homemaker and an independent consultant for Home Interior and Gifts, then took night classes to pursue a career. After working as a medical secretary for the Denton State School, she worked at UNT from the 1990s until 2009. She loved being a grandmother and talking about her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.</main-content></item>