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William Willis Hilton

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William Willis Hilton

Birth
Green River, Henry County, Illinois, USA
Death
21 May 1948 (aged 77)
Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Maine, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Row 21
Same stone as Ina I.
source: The Moravia Union, May 27, 1948, pg. 1 col. 3

Services Sunday For Wm. W. Hilton

Funeral services for William Hilton were held at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Turner Funeral Home in Moravia. The Rev. Harvey C. Miller of Oskaloosa officiated.
Interment was in the Fairview cemetery at Main Station. Pall bearers were John Stevens, George Elliott, Lyndon McDanel, Lloyd McDanel, Orville Burton and Ernest Hiatt.
He was a member of the Christian church at Osborne, Kansas. He was a friend of everyone always thinking of others first, especially fond of his family, jolly and always ready to lend a helping hand to friends and neighbors.
He is survived by his wife, Ina, two children, Linnie Hilton of Moravia and Vesta Reeves of Centerville; three grandchildren, Doyle Hampton of Centerville, James Hilton of Seattle, Wash., Ileta Reeves of Centerville; two great-grandchildren, Donald and Ronald Hampton; two sisters, Mrs. Tom Sharp of Milwaukee, Oregon, and Dr. Elizabeth Foster of Long Beach, California.
William Willis, son of Frank and Mary Elizabeth Hilton, was born in Green River, Ill., July 10, 1870 and departed this life May 21, 1948 at the age of 77 years, 10 months and 11 days at the home of his daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reeves at Centerville.
When just a baby his parents moved to Kansas where he grew to manhood. On June 3, 1893, he united in marriage with Ina Latham. To this union three children were born. Helen, who passed away at the age of 18; Linnie and Vesta.
In Osborn County, Kansas, he was a successful farmer and moved to Iowa in the year of 1921 and continued his farming until his health began to fail in 1941. Since then they lived on an acreage five miles north of Centerville until his last illness.
February 1, 1948 he was taken to the home of his daughter, Vesta Reeves, in Centerville, where everything was done that medical science could do.
From contributor #47320890
Row 21
Same stone as Ina I.
source: The Moravia Union, May 27, 1948, pg. 1 col. 3

Services Sunday For Wm. W. Hilton

Funeral services for William Hilton were held at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Turner Funeral Home in Moravia. The Rev. Harvey C. Miller of Oskaloosa officiated.
Interment was in the Fairview cemetery at Main Station. Pall bearers were John Stevens, George Elliott, Lyndon McDanel, Lloyd McDanel, Orville Burton and Ernest Hiatt.
He was a member of the Christian church at Osborne, Kansas. He was a friend of everyone always thinking of others first, especially fond of his family, jolly and always ready to lend a helping hand to friends and neighbors.
He is survived by his wife, Ina, two children, Linnie Hilton of Moravia and Vesta Reeves of Centerville; three grandchildren, Doyle Hampton of Centerville, James Hilton of Seattle, Wash., Ileta Reeves of Centerville; two great-grandchildren, Donald and Ronald Hampton; two sisters, Mrs. Tom Sharp of Milwaukee, Oregon, and Dr. Elizabeth Foster of Long Beach, California.
William Willis, son of Frank and Mary Elizabeth Hilton, was born in Green River, Ill., July 10, 1870 and departed this life May 21, 1948 at the age of 77 years, 10 months and 11 days at the home of his daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reeves at Centerville.
When just a baby his parents moved to Kansas where he grew to manhood. On June 3, 1893, he united in marriage with Ina Latham. To this union three children were born. Helen, who passed away at the age of 18; Linnie and Vesta.
In Osborn County, Kansas, he was a successful farmer and moved to Iowa in the year of 1921 and continued his farming until his health began to fail in 1941. Since then they lived on an acreage five miles north of Centerville until his last illness.
February 1, 1948 he was taken to the home of his daughter, Vesta Reeves, in Centerville, where everything was done that medical science could do.
From contributor #47320890


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