Hill, Melvin (Jack) John

HILL, MADDEN, LAW

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 6/3/2014 at 15:50:01

Hill, Melvin (Jack) John -
Melvin "Jack" John Hill began his life's journey on January 10, 1969 and entered into peace on November 7, 2002. Services were on Monday, November 11, 2002 at 10:00 A.M. at the
Roland-Johnson-Ritchie Funeral Home in Corning, Iowa and interment was at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Corning, Iowa.
Officiating was Reverend Dr. Jeanne Groom. The organist was Jean Nevius and special music by Tim Fees. Selected music was: "Go Rest High On That Mountain," "Peace in the Valley," and
"Because He Lives." Bearers were Rich Combs, Tim Cooney, Dale Carmichael, Dillon Curtis Combs, Mike Goldsmith, and Michael Hill. Honorary Bearers were Edwin Hill and Jim Moore.
He was born at home in rural Taylor County, Iowa the son of Charles Edwin Hill and Elizabeth Catherine Madden Hill. Jack grew up attending school in the Lenox area. On December 22, 1940 he was united in marriage to Betty Jane Law in Prescott, Iowa. To this loving union four children were born.
Jack was a hardworking man who worked for over fifty-two years at the light plant for Corning Municipal Utilities. Jack was from the "old school" of thinking wherein you were always a
dedicated employee. He was on-call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and he never complained. That was his job. He served for over twenty years as a volunteer fireman and was a member of the Corning Christian Church.
Jack and Betty shared over sixty-one years of happiness together. They loved their family and enjoyed spending time with their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They enjoyed their
many friends in both the Corning and Lenox area, and Jack always seemed to know "what was going on" up and down Main Street!
Left to cherish Jack's memory are his loving wife Betty of Corning; two sons, Dennis Hill and wife Paulette of Middle Amana, Iowa; and John Hill of Corning a daughter, Luann Combs and husband Rich of Atlantic; a sister, Delma Richards of Carroll; & grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren along with many other relatives and friends.
Preceding Jack in death were his parents Charles and Elizabeth; a son Jamie Curtis in 1971; two brothers, Jerald and Harold Hill; two sisters, Pearl Rechsteiner and Eva Moore.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday December 11, 2002