Lily Viola Hill (1916-2005)

HILL, HIGGINS, CORY, JORDAN, GEER, SCOTT, HARVEY, SORENSON-ANDERSON, HAYDEN

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 6/27/2005 at 20:49:55

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, June 22, 2005.

Lily Viola Hill, 89, of Huxley, died Tuesday, June 21, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, June 24, at Fjeldberg Lutheran Church in Huxley with the Rev. Tom Hilger officiating. Burial will be in Fjeldberg Church Cemetery.

Lily Viola Hill was born March 28, 1916, in Saskatoon, Saskatchawan, Canada, daughter of Edwards and Nellie (Cory) Higgins. She married Beverly Hill Nov. 1, 1935, in Des Moines and moved to Huxley from Elkhart following the wedding. She owned and operated Hill's Grocery on Main Street in Huxley with her husband in the early 1960s. She was a waitress at King's Host Restaurant in Ames until health problems forced her retirement in 1973.

She is survived by her husband, Beverley Hill of Huxley; two daughters, Nona (Phillip) Jordan and Phyllis Geer, both of Huxley; five grandchildren, Jim (and Sherry), Don and Brian Jordan, Scott and Chad Geer; three great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by four sisters, Grace Scott, Retta Harvey, Kate Sorenson-Anderson and Edna Hayden; and one brother, Dayton Higgins.

Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at Soderstrum-Riis Funeral Home in Slater.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Fjeldberg Lutheran Church.

Soderstrum-Riis Funeral Home in Slater is in charge of arrangements.

TRI COUNTY TIMES, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, June 23, 2005.

Lily Viola Hill, 89, of Huxley, died Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 24 at 10 a.m., at Fjeldberg Lutheran Church in Huxley with the Rev. Tom Hilger officiating. Burial will be at Fjeldberg Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6:30-8 p.m. this evening Thursday, June 23, at Soderstrum-Riis Funeral Home in Slater.

Hill was born March 28, 1916 in Saskatoon, Saskatchawan, Canada, to Edward and Nellie (Cory) Higgins. She married Beverley Hill in Des Moines on Nov. 1, 1935 and then moved from Elkhart to Huxley.

She owned and operated Hill's Grocery on Main Street in Huxley with her husband in the early 1960s. Lily was a waitress at King's Host Restaurant in Ames until health problems forced her to retire in 1973.

Survivors include her husband, Beverley Hill of Huxley; two daughters, Nona (Phillip) Jordan and Phyllis Geer, both of Huxley; five grandchildren, Jim (Sherry), Don and Brian Jordan, and Scott and Chad Geer; 3 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by four sisters, Grace Scott, Retta Harvey, Kate Sorenson-Anderson, Edna Hayden; and one brother Dayton Higgins.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to Fjeldberg Lutheran Church.