Printed in the December 25, 1947 Pilot Tribune, Blair, Nebraska
MISS ELLA HILL DIED TUESDAY
RETIRED VETERAN TEACHER IS DEAD; RITES AT 2 P.M. WEDNESDAY
Victim of a protracted illness, Miss Ella Hill, 71, retired teacher who was an instructor 45 years in Blair and Omaha, died early Monday at Blair Hospital.
Funeral services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Congregational Church, and burial in Blair Cemetery; Bendorf Funeral Home in charge.
Miss Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Hill, was born in this county July 22, 1876. Miss Hill was graduated from Blair High School in 1894, then attended Peru and Greeley Normal Schools and later was graduated from Wayne State Teachers College.
Turning to school teaching as her career, Miss Hill taught at Blair’s Central School from 1896 to 1919 as first-grade teacher, and before leaving that post had been the teacher to the children of some of her first pupils. She was in Omaha as a grade-school teacher from 1920 until her retirement in 1941, when she returned to live at the Hill home, 410 West Colfax St.
Miss Hill was a lifetime member of Blair’s Congregational Church, and was a trustee for a number of years. During the recent war she took an active part in Red Cross work, and was in charge of the surgical dressings project for Washington county.
Surviving Miss Hill is a sister, Miss Blanche Hill of Blair.
~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~
MISS ELLA HILL DIED TUESDAY
RETIRED VETERAN TEACHER IS DEAD; RITES AT 2 P.M. WEDNESDAY
Victim of a protracted illness, Miss Ella Hill, 71, retired teacher who was an instructor 45 years in Blair and Omaha, died early Monday at Blair Hospital.
Funeral services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Congregational Church, and burial in Blair Cemetery; Bendorf Funeral Home in charge.
Miss Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Hill, was born in this county July 22, 1876. Miss Hill was graduated from Blair High School in 1894, then attended Peru and Greeley Normal Schools and later was graduated from Wayne State Teachers College.
Turning to school teaching as her career, Miss Hill taught at Blair’s Central School from 1896 to 1919 as first-grade teacher, and before leaving that post had been the teacher to the children of some of her first pupils. She was in Omaha as a grade-school teacher from 1920 until her retirement in 1941, when she returned to live at the Hill home, 410 West Colfax St.
Miss Hill was a lifetime member of Blair’s Congregational Church, and was a trustee for a number of years. During the recent war she took an active part in Red Cross work, and was in charge of the surgical dressings project for Washington county.
Surviving Miss Hill is a sister, Miss Blanche Hill of Blair.
~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~
Printed in the December 25, 1947 Pilot Tribune, Blair, Nebraska
MISS ELLA HILL DIED TUESDAY
RETIRED VETERAN TEACHER IS DEAD; RITES AT 2 P.M. WEDNESDAY
Victim of a protracted illness, Miss Ella Hill, 71, retired teacher who was an instructor 45 years in Blair and Omaha, died early Monday at Blair Hospital.
Funeral services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Congregational Church, and burial in Blair Cemetery; Bendorf Funeral Home in charge.
Miss Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Hill, was born in this county July 22, 1876. Miss Hill was graduated from Blair High School in 1894, then attended Peru and Greeley Normal Schools and later was graduated from Wayne State Teachers College.
Turning to school teaching as her career, Miss Hill taught at Blair’s Central School from 1896 to 1919 as first-grade teacher, and before leaving that post had been the teacher to the children of some of her first pupils. She was in Omaha as a grade-school teacher from 1920 until her retirement in 1941, when she returned to live at the Hill home, 410 West Colfax St.
Miss Hill was a lifetime member of Blair’s Congregational Church, and was a trustee for a number of years. During the recent war she took an active part in Red Cross work, and was in charge of the surgical dressings project for Washington county.
Surviving Miss Hill is a sister, Miss Blanche Hill of Blair.
~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~
MISS ELLA HILL DIED TUESDAY
RETIRED VETERAN TEACHER IS DEAD; RITES AT 2 P.M. WEDNESDAY
Victim of a protracted illness, Miss Ella Hill, 71, retired teacher who was an instructor 45 years in Blair and Omaha, died early Monday at Blair Hospital.
Funeral services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Congregational Church, and burial in Blair Cemetery; Bendorf Funeral Home in charge.
Miss Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Hill, was born in this county July 22, 1876. Miss Hill was graduated from Blair High School in 1894, then attended Peru and Greeley Normal Schools and later was graduated from Wayne State Teachers College.
Turning to school teaching as her career, Miss Hill taught at Blair’s Central School from 1896 to 1919 as first-grade teacher, and before leaving that post had been the teacher to the children of some of her first pupils. She was in Omaha as a grade-school teacher from 1920 until her retirement in 1941, when she returned to live at the Hill home, 410 West Colfax St.
Miss Hill was a lifetime member of Blair’s Congregational Church, and was a trustee for a number of years. During the recent war she took an active part in Red Cross work, and was in charge of the surgical dressings project for Washington county.
Surviving Miss Hill is a sister, Miss Blanche Hill of Blair.
~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~
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