The Tulsa World
Tulsa, Oklahoma
August 7, 1997
FITZPATRICK-- Joan Hill, 74, died August 5, 1997 in Houston, TX after a long illness. She was born March 4, 1923 in Tulsa, OK, the daughter of John Calvin Hill Jr. and Isabel Preston Hill. Her paternal grandparents were John C. and Anne Louise Hightower Hill of New York City and Fort Smith, AR. Maternal grandparents were Judge Joseph Morrison and Kate Reynolds Hill of Fort Smith. She was the great-granddaughter of Lt. Gen. D. H. Hill of North Carolina, first President of the University of Arkansas and of Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds of Arkansas. Mrs. Fitzpatrick spent her early years in France while her mother was employed by Haskins & Sells with the Liquidation Commission after World War I and later with Mr. Conde Nast, the publisher. Returning to the U.S. during the Depression, Mrs. Fitzpatrick and her brother lived with the Williams family of their aunt in Tulsa, OK and Camden, SC while Mrs. Hill continued working, first with the playwright and Congresswoman, Clare Boothe Luce and then with John Hay Whitney, encompassing his years as Ambassador to the Court of St. James. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was graduated from St. Mary's School in Peekskill, NY and from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1944. She was formerly married to the late William Samuel Fitzpatrick, a prominent resident of Corpus Christi, TX. Mr. Fitzpatrick was a Squadron Commander in B-24 bombers in the European Theatre in World War II, President of The Fitzpatrick Drilling Co. and one of the founders of the Corpus Christi Museum of Science. They were the parents of a daughter, Patricia Hill, now Mrs. Michael McIver of Houston, TX and a son, the late Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick, III of Houston, who was tragically killed in a kidnapping in 1978. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was predeceased in 1973 by her brother, John Calvin Hill, III, a Foreign Service Officer of the U.S. State Department. In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Fitzpatrick is survived by: 4 grandchildren, Andrew McCraw Swearingen and Benjamin Patrick Swearingen, sons of Mrs. McIver by her first marriage and by Shannon and Sean Fitzpatrick Gunn, daughter and son of the late Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick, III. An accomplished horsewoman, Mrs. Fitzpatrick established the Corpus Christi Saddle Club, the first private riding club in the area for both English and Western style riders. Since 1971 and until her final illness, Joan Hill Fitzpatrick had resided in Seagrove Beach, FL. Interment at Buena Vista Cemetery in Brownsville, TX will be private. A memorial service will be conducted 4 p.m., Saturday, August 16, 1997 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Corpus Christi, TX. For those desiring memorial contributions may be given to The American Cancer Society or to the Radiology Dept., Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick Memorial Room, M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
August 7, 1997
FITZPATRICK-- Joan Hill, 74, died August 5, 1997 in Houston, TX after a long illness. She was born March 4, 1923 in Tulsa, OK, the daughter of John Calvin Hill Jr. and Isabel Preston Hill. Her paternal grandparents were John C. and Anne Louise Hightower Hill of New York City and Fort Smith, AR. Maternal grandparents were Judge Joseph Morrison and Kate Reynolds Hill of Fort Smith. She was the great-granddaughter of Lt. Gen. D. H. Hill of North Carolina, first President of the University of Arkansas and of Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds of Arkansas. Mrs. Fitzpatrick spent her early years in France while her mother was employed by Haskins & Sells with the Liquidation Commission after World War I and later with Mr. Conde Nast, the publisher. Returning to the U.S. during the Depression, Mrs. Fitzpatrick and her brother lived with the Williams family of their aunt in Tulsa, OK and Camden, SC while Mrs. Hill continued working, first with the playwright and Congresswoman, Clare Boothe Luce and then with John Hay Whitney, encompassing his years as Ambassador to the Court of St. James. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was graduated from St. Mary's School in Peekskill, NY and from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1944. She was formerly married to the late William Samuel Fitzpatrick, a prominent resident of Corpus Christi, TX. Mr. Fitzpatrick was a Squadron Commander in B-24 bombers in the European Theatre in World War II, President of The Fitzpatrick Drilling Co. and one of the founders of the Corpus Christi Museum of Science. They were the parents of a daughter, Patricia Hill, now Mrs. Michael McIver of Houston, TX and a son, the late Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick, III of Houston, who was tragically killed in a kidnapping in 1978. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was predeceased in 1973 by her brother, John Calvin Hill, III, a Foreign Service Officer of the U.S. State Department. In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Fitzpatrick is survived by: 4 grandchildren, Andrew McCraw Swearingen and Benjamin Patrick Swearingen, sons of Mrs. McIver by her first marriage and by Shannon and Sean Fitzpatrick Gunn, daughter and son of the late Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick, III. An accomplished horsewoman, Mrs. Fitzpatrick established the Corpus Christi Saddle Club, the first private riding club in the area for both English and Western style riders. Since 1971 and until her final illness, Joan Hill Fitzpatrick had resided in Seagrove Beach, FL. Interment at Buena Vista Cemetery in Brownsville, TX will be private. A memorial service will be conducted 4 p.m., Saturday, August 16, 1997 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Corpus Christi, TX. For those desiring memorial contributions may be given to The American Cancer Society or to the Radiology Dept., Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick Memorial Room, M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston.
The Tulsa World
Tulsa, Oklahoma
August 7, 1997
FITZPATRICK-- Joan Hill, 74, died August 5, 1997 in Houston, TX after a long illness. She was born March 4, 1923 in Tulsa, OK, the daughter of John Calvin Hill Jr. and Isabel Preston Hill. Her paternal grandparents were John C. and Anne Louise Hightower Hill of New York City and Fort Smith, AR. Maternal grandparents were Judge Joseph Morrison and Kate Reynolds Hill of Fort Smith. She was the great-granddaughter of Lt. Gen. D. H. Hill of North Carolina, first President of the University of Arkansas and of Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds of Arkansas. Mrs. Fitzpatrick spent her early years in France while her mother was employed by Haskins & Sells with the Liquidation Commission after World War I and later with Mr. Conde Nast, the publisher. Returning to the U.S. during the Depression, Mrs. Fitzpatrick and her brother lived with the Williams family of their aunt in Tulsa, OK and Camden, SC while Mrs. Hill continued working, first with the playwright and Congresswoman, Clare Boothe Luce and then with John Hay Whitney, encompassing his years as Ambassador to the Court of St. James. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was graduated from St. Mary's School in Peekskill, NY and from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1944. She was formerly married to the late William Samuel Fitzpatrick, a prominent resident of Corpus Christi, TX. Mr. Fitzpatrick was a Squadron Commander in B-24 bombers in the European Theatre in World War II, President of The Fitzpatrick Drilling Co. and one of the founders of the Corpus Christi Museum of Science. They were the parents of a daughter, Patricia Hill, now Mrs. Michael McIver of Houston, TX and a son, the late Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick, III of Houston, who was tragically killed in a kidnapping in 1978. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was predeceased in 1973 by her brother, John Calvin Hill, III, a Foreign Service Officer of the U.S. State Department. In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Fitzpatrick is survived by: 4 grandchildren, Andrew McCraw Swearingen and Benjamin Patrick Swearingen, sons of Mrs. McIver by her first marriage and by Shannon and Sean Fitzpatrick Gunn, daughter and son of the late Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick, III. An accomplished horsewoman, Mrs. Fitzpatrick established the Corpus Christi Saddle Club, the first private riding club in the area for both English and Western style riders. Since 1971 and until her final illness, Joan Hill Fitzpatrick had resided in Seagrove Beach, FL. Interment at Buena Vista Cemetery in Brownsville, TX will be private. A memorial service will be conducted 4 p.m., Saturday, August 16, 1997 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Corpus Christi, TX. For those desiring memorial contributions may be given to The American Cancer Society or to the Radiology Dept., Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick Memorial Room, M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
August 7, 1997
FITZPATRICK-- Joan Hill, 74, died August 5, 1997 in Houston, TX after a long illness. She was born March 4, 1923 in Tulsa, OK, the daughter of John Calvin Hill Jr. and Isabel Preston Hill. Her paternal grandparents were John C. and Anne Louise Hightower Hill of New York City and Fort Smith, AR. Maternal grandparents were Judge Joseph Morrison and Kate Reynolds Hill of Fort Smith. She was the great-granddaughter of Lt. Gen. D. H. Hill of North Carolina, first President of the University of Arkansas and of Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds of Arkansas. Mrs. Fitzpatrick spent her early years in France while her mother was employed by Haskins & Sells with the Liquidation Commission after World War I and later with Mr. Conde Nast, the publisher. Returning to the U.S. during the Depression, Mrs. Fitzpatrick and her brother lived with the Williams family of their aunt in Tulsa, OK and Camden, SC while Mrs. Hill continued working, first with the playwright and Congresswoman, Clare Boothe Luce and then with John Hay Whitney, encompassing his years as Ambassador to the Court of St. James. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was graduated from St. Mary's School in Peekskill, NY and from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1944. She was formerly married to the late William Samuel Fitzpatrick, a prominent resident of Corpus Christi, TX. Mr. Fitzpatrick was a Squadron Commander in B-24 bombers in the European Theatre in World War II, President of The Fitzpatrick Drilling Co. and one of the founders of the Corpus Christi Museum of Science. They were the parents of a daughter, Patricia Hill, now Mrs. Michael McIver of Houston, TX and a son, the late Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick, III of Houston, who was tragically killed in a kidnapping in 1978. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was predeceased in 1973 by her brother, John Calvin Hill, III, a Foreign Service Officer of the U.S. State Department. In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Fitzpatrick is survived by: 4 grandchildren, Andrew McCraw Swearingen and Benjamin Patrick Swearingen, sons of Mrs. McIver by her first marriage and by Shannon and Sean Fitzpatrick Gunn, daughter and son of the late Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick, III. An accomplished horsewoman, Mrs. Fitzpatrick established the Corpus Christi Saddle Club, the first private riding club in the area for both English and Western style riders. Since 1971 and until her final illness, Joan Hill Fitzpatrick had resided in Seagrove Beach, FL. Interment at Buena Vista Cemetery in Brownsville, TX will be private. A memorial service will be conducted 4 p.m., Saturday, August 16, 1997 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Corpus Christi, TX. For those desiring memorial contributions may be given to The American Cancer Society or to the Radiology Dept., Dr. W.S. Fitzpatrick Memorial Room, M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston.
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