Garfield clerk departs for hospice position

Garfield City Clerk Annie Pillers will be leaving her position on Halloween.

After six years serving the town at city hall, she will become the Executive Director for Friends of Hospice, a non-profit group serving Whitman County.

Since 2008, she has been the face and voice of city hall for people coming in to pay water bills, get building permits and more.

“It’s amazing in five minutes a month how deeply you get to know someone,” said Pillers.

Aside from her job as city clerk, Pillers has been an EMT, Deputy Coroner and hospice volunteer in Garfield.

“I am deeply entwined with the Garfield com...