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Warren Yancey Hillard

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Warren Yancey Hillard

Birth
Eau Claire, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
24 Aug 1991 (aged 89)
Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California, USA
Burial
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA Add to Map
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Warren Yancey Hillard was the son of Elizabeth Atlantis "Lizzie" Richardson (1868-1942) and George Edwin Hillard (1861-1950). He was named for his father's brother, Frederick Warren Hillard and his mother's cousin, Joseph Yancey.

He graduated from Spring Hill Grammar School in 1916 and Analy Union High School in 1920.

On June 16, 1928, he married Mildred 'Mil' Evelyn Shelley (1904-1992) at the home of her parents in Sebastopol, California. No issue.

After their marriage, they lived with Warren's parents until 1932 when Warren and his father built the house shown in the background of the photo at the right.

Warren managed and later owned the ranch that his father had owned and established, where he produced Gravenstein apples, along with numerous varieties of late apples, and cherries for more than thirty years. According to his wife, Mildred, Warren had always wanted to be a doctor, but was forced into being a farmer by circumstance.

Warren was the Worthy Patron and Mildred was the Worthy Matron of Gold Ridge Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in 1952. Warren was active in La Fayette Lodge #126 Free and Accepted Masons and served as Worshipful Master in 1953.

In November 1953, they sold the ranch and took an extended vacation, that included visiting relatives in Pennsylvania and seeing the old Jonathan Brone Hillard farm. They spent the late summer and early fall of 1954 on Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine. They had only planned to stay a few days, but it was so beautiful in the fall that they stayed several weeks.

Warren was installed as the High Priest of the Sebastopol Chapter Royal Arch Masons #117 on April 19, 1971 at Sacramento, California. He was also active in sponsorship of The Order of Rainbow for Girls in Sebastopol.

Warren was a great lover of the outdoors, having fished and hunted in many areas of North America. His trophies included: Mountain Goat, Stone Sheep, Grizzly Bear, and Moose, from British Columbia, Canada and an Antelope from Wyoming plus numerous Mule Deer from California and Nevada. As each of his nephews grew up in the local area, he introduced them to hunting and fishing.

In every photo of Warren that I have ever seen, he was always smiling.

On October 10, 1993, the Sebastopol Methodist Church dedicated a Diapason Pipe Organ Facade of 134 pipes in the memory of Mildred and Warren Hillard.
Warren Yancey Hillard was the son of Elizabeth Atlantis "Lizzie" Richardson (1868-1942) and George Edwin Hillard (1861-1950). He was named for his father's brother, Frederick Warren Hillard and his mother's cousin, Joseph Yancey.

He graduated from Spring Hill Grammar School in 1916 and Analy Union High School in 1920.

On June 16, 1928, he married Mildred 'Mil' Evelyn Shelley (1904-1992) at the home of her parents in Sebastopol, California. No issue.

After their marriage, they lived with Warren's parents until 1932 when Warren and his father built the house shown in the background of the photo at the right.

Warren managed and later owned the ranch that his father had owned and established, where he produced Gravenstein apples, along with numerous varieties of late apples, and cherries for more than thirty years. According to his wife, Mildred, Warren had always wanted to be a doctor, but was forced into being a farmer by circumstance.

Warren was the Worthy Patron and Mildred was the Worthy Matron of Gold Ridge Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in 1952. Warren was active in La Fayette Lodge #126 Free and Accepted Masons and served as Worshipful Master in 1953.

In November 1953, they sold the ranch and took an extended vacation, that included visiting relatives in Pennsylvania and seeing the old Jonathan Brone Hillard farm. They spent the late summer and early fall of 1954 on Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine. They had only planned to stay a few days, but it was so beautiful in the fall that they stayed several weeks.

Warren was installed as the High Priest of the Sebastopol Chapter Royal Arch Masons #117 on April 19, 1971 at Sacramento, California. He was also active in sponsorship of The Order of Rainbow for Girls in Sebastopol.

Warren was a great lover of the outdoors, having fished and hunted in many areas of North America. His trophies included: Mountain Goat, Stone Sheep, Grizzly Bear, and Moose, from British Columbia, Canada and an Antelope from Wyoming plus numerous Mule Deer from California and Nevada. As each of his nephews grew up in the local area, he introduced them to hunting and fishing.

In every photo of Warren that I have ever seen, he was always smiling.

On October 10, 1993, the Sebastopol Methodist Church dedicated a Diapason Pipe Organ Facade of 134 pipes in the memory of Mildred and Warren Hillard.

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Warren Y. / Hillard / 1902 - 1991



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