Jill A. Gonzalez, (Netherly) age 61, of Portland passed away Sunday April 11, 2021 in IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital. She was born in Gary, Indiana on March 1, 1960 the daughter of Herb and June (Stoddard) Nethery.

Jill was a well-known Criminal Attorney for Delaware, Jay and surrounding counties. She was a Deputy Public Defender for Delaware County since 2015. She was one of the selected few to be chosen to attend and graduate from National Forensic College taught by Berry Sheck in the summer of 2016. She was a 1978 Jay County High School graduate and a graduate of Ball State University with a BS in Criminal Justice/Criminology and a 2000 graduate of Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She was a member of the Indiana Bar since 2000, member of Delaware County Bar Association and member of Trial Lawyers of America.

Jill was an avid Cubs fan. Her favorite place to be was in Chicago cheering on her Cubs. Jill did not know a stranger, she treated everybody she was close to like family. She loved her family very much, you could tell by the way she spoke about them. Her family was her everything.

Surviving are her children, Courtney Nichols and her favorite son in law Johnny Nichols of Portland, Chrissy Devoe of Pennville, Indiana, and Christopher "Buddy" Gonzalez of Portland. Grandchildren, Emily Devoe, Kelsey Devoe, Meah Devoe, Tea Nichols, Trey (her Trey baby) Nichols, Taylee Nichols, all of Portland. Great grandchildren, Aleah Cox, Layden Boyd, Lincoln Bailey, Grant Furner, and Eli Furner, all of Portland. One brother John Nethery of Colorado. She was preceded in death by her parents Herb and June Nethery.

Funeral services will be Saturday April 17, 2021 at 2:00 PM in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home in Portland with Pastor Randy Davis presiding. Burial will follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Redkey. Visitation will be Saturday from 12:00 – 2:00 PM in the funeral home. Memorials can be made to the family.

Online condolences at www.baird-freeman.com