Hill, Marion Francis (1947-2005)

HILL, HEIM, STEPHENS, HOLTZ, ROGERS, EDWARDS, INGRAHAM, KASCH, LOWE, GUYER, HANKS, GARDALEN, ALZELTINE

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 2/13/2022 at 10:36:56

Daily Freeman Journal
Webster City, Iowa
Wednesday, May 4, 2005

Marion Francis Hill, 57, passed away suddenly in Arizona on April 29, 2005 doing what he loved best, driving his semi-truck.

Funeral services for Marion Hill will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Dows Methodist Church in Dows with Pastor Tony Hershey officiating. Burial will take place Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Graceland Cemetery in Webster City.

Visitation will be Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Dows Community Funeral Home, 100 North Lee Street, Dows, and will continue one hour prior to the services at the church on Saturday.

Marion Francis Hill, son of Francis and Viola Heim Hill was born June 20, 1947 in Clarion. He was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Dows. Marion graduated from Dows Community School in 1965.

He drove semi for 30 years, traveling to every state in the United States, plus Canada and Alaska, but called Iowa his home. It was his request to be buried in his home state of Iowa.

In June of 1977, Marion was married to Sharon Stephens at CosBay, Oregon.

Marion is survived by his wife, Sharon of Dayton, Oregon; three daughters, Tonyia Hill Holtz of Florida; Becky Hill Rogers of Hawaii; Kristy Hill Edwards of Oregon; mother Viola Hill of Dows; sister Diane Hill Ingraham of Webster City; brother-in-law Kenny Ingraham, Webster City; nephew Randy Ingraham of Webster City; niece Teresa Ingraham Kasch of Webster City; five step-children, Cody Lowe of Oregon, Vicki Stephens of Oregon, Dawn Guyer of Netherlands; Velvet Stephens of Illinois; Venetta Stephens Hanks of Oklahoma; 25 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild, several aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father, Francis Hill in 1962; infant daughter, Theresa Dawn Hill; father and mother-in-law, John and Lillian Lowe of Oregon; grandparents, Earl and Florence Hill of Webster City; Fred and Maude Heim of Dows; uncle Donald Gardalen; aunt Florence Heim and cousin Tony Alzeltine.