CLMR 05/17/1995

Robert J. Hill

Robert J. (Bob) Hill, 66, of Ventura, Iowa, died Tuesday,

May 9, 1995, at the North Iowa Mercy Health Center East Campus,

Mason City, Iowa. Funeral services were held Saturday, May 13,

at the Evangelical Free Church, with Pastor Larry Yeoman

officiating. Military honors were given by the Clear Lake V.F.W.

Interment will be at a later date. The family suggests memorials

to the Robert J. Hill memorial fund.

Bob was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, on July 7, 1928, the son of

Charlie Hill and Vernal Hill (nee) Randall. He attended school

in Clear Lake and Ventura. He worked on farms and did odd jobs in

the Clear Lake area until he entered the Navy during the Korean War.

On July 14, 1951, he married Charlotte Hayes in San Diego, Calif.,

while he was in the service. They moved back to Clear Lake in

May 1952 and Ventura in November 1956. Bob worked for

Northern Natural Gas until his retirement in May 1984. He loved

his horses and showed horses for many years, and also did sign

painting. Bob loved grilling out with the family, his many friends,

and most of all his grandchildren. He was a member of the Clear Lake

V.F.W.

He is survived by his wife, Charlotte Hill, Ventura; one son

T. Sgt. Tim Hill and his wife, Linda, Oxford, England, and

their daughter, Amy Louise Hill; one daughter, Becky Bergan

and her husband, Larry, Hanlontown, Iowa, and their two sons,

Alex and Jacob Bergan; two brothers, Richard Hill and his wife,

Ruth, Clear Lake, and George Hill and his wife, Merridy,

Mason City; one sister, Dorothy Gobeli, Clear Lake; a

sister-in-law, Madeline Hill, Waterloo, Iowa; many nieces

and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Earl Hill.

Organist Carolyn Nicholas accompanied soloist Pastor Larry Yeoman.