Hills, Wilma, Mrs Louis . - 1884-1978

HILLS, GROOTERS

Posted By: Linda Vander Linden - Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/6/2010 at 11:09:21

Orange City - Mrs. Wilma G. Hills, 94, of Orange City died Thursday, Sept. 7, at an Orange City nursing home.

Services were at 1:30 P.M., Monday, Sept. 11, at Trinity Reformed Church. The Rev. Donald Lenderink officiated. Burial was in Boyden Cemetery under direction of Van Gelder Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hills, the former Wilma Grooters, was born April 19, 1884, in Orange City. She was married to Louis Hills, Dec. 26, 1917, in Boyden. Mr. Hills died in 1944. The couple lived in Portland, Ore. for many years. The last six years she has lived in Orange City. She was a registered nurse and a graduate of Lutheran School of Nursing, Sioux City. She was a member of Trinity Reformed Church.

Survivors include a brother, Gerrit of Fort Dodge, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Kooy of Seattle, Wash.

Source: Sioux Center News, September 13, 1978