DEATHS

AND OBITUARIES‘

Melba Hill

Services for Melba Jean Hill, 89, who died July 15, were Monday at Ebenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church, rural Hillsboro. Burial was at the church cemetery.

Born April 2, 1936, near Hillsboro to E.W. and Helen (Ediger) Hein, she attended Finch School, five miles southeast of Hillsboro, graduated in 1954 from Hillsboro High School, and attended Tabor College in 1954-’55.

She was baptized June 23, 1950, in Schlehuber pond southwest of Hillsboro by Ebenfeld pastors J.G. Baerg and J.J. Gerbrandt.

After college, she married Adam Hill of Hillsboro. She began working in 1977 as a certified nursing assistant at Salem Home, retiring after more than 35 years there.

Survivors include sons Kim Hill of Lehigh and Rick Hill of Olathe, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Siblings Harry Hein, Edward Hein, Dalton Hein, Eileen (Hein) Nickel, and Marylynn (Hein) Mohn preceded her in death.

Memorials have been established with the church and Mennonite Brethren Foundation.