Donald Hill

DONALD HILL

Marion

Donald A. Hill, 82, of Marion, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at the Ed and Joan Hemphill Hospice Unit at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, after a two-and-a-half year courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, at First Presbyterian Church, Marion, by the Rev, Beth Hilkerbaumer. The family will greet friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion. Inurnment: Coggon Cemetery at a later date.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Judy; son, Steven of Marion; sister, Janet (Richard) Woods; and brother, John (Nancy) Hill of Toddville; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Don was born Nov. 3, 1932, in Mendota, Ill., the son of Adrian and Mable (Freeman) Hill. He graduated from Coggon High School in 1950, and from the University of Iowa, with a business degree, in 1959. He served with the U.S. Airforce, attended safety training at Denver University in Denver, Colo., and served one year at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland.

Don married Judy Raymond on Aug. 24, 1958, at the Evangelical Church in Dysart. He started his career in the employment office of Wilson Foods in Cedar Rapids and later transferred to Wilson Food Plant in Logansport, Ind., when the plant opened in 1968. Don served as labor relations and personnel manager until his retirement in 1994. In 2001, the family moved back to Marion, Iowa.

Don was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Marion.

Don was a loving husband and father. He enjoyed sports, especially the Iowa Hawkeyes basketball and football games, of which he was a lifelong supporter. He also enjoyed playing golf and bowling on the Wilson Foods league teams. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

A memorial fund has been established.

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