Ruth Hill (1933-2022)

Ruth Esther Hill, 89, formerly of Hoyt, died on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka.

She was born July 15, 1933 in Atchison, the daughter of Charlie and Beulah Jenkins Muncie.

Mrs. Hill was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hoyt and the Order of the Eastern Star No. 189 at Hoyt.

She had worked at various jobs in Atchison when she was younger. After her children were in school, she worked in the kitchen for the Royal Valley school system. She retired in 1988 as the head cook at the school.

She married Billy R. Hill on Feb. 24, 1952 in Atchison. He preceded her in death on Dec. 6, 2011.

Survivors include two sons, Michael Hill, Hoyt, and David Hill (Kay), Mayetta; two daughters, Linda Hartman (Dean), Auburn, and Patty Bausch (Ed), Mayetta; a sister, Cratis Petisch, Easton; 10 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

Graveside services and burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 in the Hoyt Cemetery. Mrs. Hill will lie in state after 9 a.m. Friday at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt, where family and friends will meet from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Memorials are suggested to the Stormont-Vail Cancer Center, and may be sent in care of the funeral home, PO Box 280, Hoyt, KS 66440.

The Holton Recorder

109 W. Fourth St.
Holton, KS 66436
Phone: 785-364-3141
 

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