Benjamin O. "Ben" HILL Family

HILL, LYNCH, FANCOLLY, THURMAN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/26/2011 at 02:01:33

MALOY, IOWA CENTENNIAL HISTORY: 1887 - 1987
Family & Biographical Pages

BEN HILL FAMILY

Ben and Lois HILL and family, Peggy age 3 1/2, Paul age 15 months, and Lois' brother Marvin moved from the Denver and Allendale, Missouri vicinity to the Maloy area in March 1953.
Ben worked as a farm laborer from Wilbur, Bob and Cleo LYNCH.

Lois' brother Larry joined the family in 1954. He finished eighth grade in Maloy, then graduated from Mount Ayr High School. Both Marvin and Larry served in the Air Force, Marvin in the Philippines, and Larry in Alaska.

Fron 1957 until 1967, Ben drove a school bus for the Maloy School. In 1967 he began work for the Ringgold County road crew as a gravel truck driver and the oild distributor oiler main. (He always got as much on him as the road, claims Lois!) He retired in 1982.

Lois worked for the hot lunch program in Maloy from 1957 until the school closed in 1972. The school underwent many changes during those years. One of particular importance to Lois was in 1968 when they started serving breakfast as well as hot lunches at school.

After Maloy [school] closed, Lois cooked at Mount Ayr until 1975. She then started work at the Ringgold County Hospital in the Dietary Department, where she is still [1987] working.

In 1968 Peggy graduated from high school and enrolled in college at Maryville. After a year and a half she married John Kenton FANCOLLY from Atlantic. They have three children: two sons, Chris and Travis, and a daughter, Beth Ann. They live in Omaha.

During his junior year in high school, Paul enlisted in the army where he served for two years. In 1972 he married Jolene THURMAN from Redding. They have three children: a daughter, Rhoda, and two sons, Tommy and Nathan. They live in Shenandoah where Paul works as a mechanic and welder for a construction compnay, and Jolene works part-time for the Earl May co.

In 1962 the family began mowing years, raising melons, and truck gardening. They have mowed almost every yard in Maloy, as well as both cemeteries.

In 1971, they purchased property in Redding and presently reside there.

NOTE: Benjamin O. HILL was born on November 8, 1920, and passed away on May 7, 1996.

SOURCE: Maloy, Iowa Centennial History: 1887 - 1987 p. 123.

Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library

Transcription and Note by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2011

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