Singh died during her 1909 lecture tour of the United States, in a hospital in Chicago, from complications following an emergency operation. She was 40 years old. Her remains were buried in a churchyard in Elgin, Illinois. Her gravestone was inscribed, "The Peace of God was on her Face.""Editorial: Lilavati Singh" Woman's Missionary Friend (June 1909): 201-202. A Lilavati Singh dormitory at Isabella Thoburn College was built with memorial donations,"Cornerstone Laying at Lucknow" The Christian Advocate 86 (16 February 1911): 228. and named in her memory.Flora L. Robinson, "College Leaders of Yesterday and To-Day" The North American Student (1916): 353-354.
