HILL - Charles Hill, 55, R. R. 3 Harrison Road, died 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, 1967 in an accident on his farm. Born Oct. 11, 1911, in Hartland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hill. Lived 45 years in Rockford, coming here from Beloit, Wis. Married the former Marie Falconer in Dubuque, Iowa, June 19, 1940. Employed as a farmer. Member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, and of the Winnebago County Farm Bureau. He was a 4-H leader for several years.
Survivors include his widow; three sons, Lyle, Rockford, Gary, student at the University of Illinois, Urbana; and Greg at home; a daughter, Mrs. Phillip Hill, Phoenix, Ariz.; three grandsons; a sister, Mrs. Charles Cook, Waukegan; and several nieces and nephews. One brother, Howard, predeceased him.
Services at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Marvin R. Fritz, pastor, officiating. Burial in Willwood Burial Park. No visitation. A memorial fund for 4-H clubs has been established at the First National Bank, Winnebago. Arrangements by Long-Klontz Funeral Home, 428 Park Ave.
Rockford Register-Republic, Tuesday, January 31, 1967 p. 5.
MISHAP KILLS ROCKFORD AREA FARMER
Charles Hill was killed Monday afternoon when he became entangled in a machine on his farm on Harrison Road, just north of Illinois 70.
His son, Lyle, 26, who lives on the same farm, said he and his father had been spreading manure on their fields. He said he went into their home briefly and when he came out he found his father had been caught by the power takeoff shaft on their tractor.
Hill's clothing apparently had been caught by the whirling shaft between the tractor and manure spreader and it appeared the shaft pulled Hill around and against the spreader.
His son said his father had probably been cleaning the machine.
Lyle Hill put his father in his pickup truck and drove him to Rockford Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Rockford Morning Star, Tuesday, January 31, 1967 p. 22.
Survivors include his widow; three sons, Lyle, Rockford, Gary, student at the University of Illinois, Urbana; and Greg at home; a daughter, Mrs. Phillip Hill, Phoenix, Ariz.; three grandsons; a sister, Mrs. Charles Cook, Waukegan; and several nieces and nephews. One brother, Howard, predeceased him.
Services at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Marvin R. Fritz, pastor, officiating. Burial in Willwood Burial Park. No visitation. A memorial fund for 4-H clubs has been established at the First National Bank, Winnebago. Arrangements by Long-Klontz Funeral Home, 428 Park Ave.
Rockford Register-Republic, Tuesday, January 31, 1967 p. 5.
MISHAP KILLS ROCKFORD AREA FARMER
Charles Hill was killed Monday afternoon when he became entangled in a machine on his farm on Harrison Road, just north of Illinois 70.
His son, Lyle, 26, who lives on the same farm, said he and his father had been spreading manure on their fields. He said he went into their home briefly and when he came out he found his father had been caught by the power takeoff shaft on their tractor.
Hill's clothing apparently had been caught by the whirling shaft between the tractor and manure spreader and it appeared the shaft pulled Hill around and against the spreader.
His son said his father had probably been cleaning the machine.
Lyle Hill put his father in his pickup truck and drove him to Rockford Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Rockford Morning Star, Tuesday, January 31, 1967 p. 22.
HILL - Charles Hill, 55, R. R. 3 Harrison Road, died 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, 1967 in an accident on his farm. Born Oct. 11, 1911, in Hartland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hill. Lived 45 years in Rockford, coming here from Beloit, Wis. Married the former Marie Falconer in Dubuque, Iowa, June 19, 1940. Employed as a farmer. Member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, and of the Winnebago County Farm Bureau. He was a 4-H leader for several years.
Survivors include his widow; three sons, Lyle, Rockford, Gary, student at the University of Illinois, Urbana; and Greg at home; a daughter, Mrs. Phillip Hill, Phoenix, Ariz.; three grandsons; a sister, Mrs. Charles Cook, Waukegan; and several nieces and nephews. One brother, Howard, predeceased him.
Services at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Marvin R. Fritz, pastor, officiating. Burial in Willwood Burial Park. No visitation. A memorial fund for 4-H clubs has been established at the First National Bank, Winnebago. Arrangements by Long-Klontz Funeral Home, 428 Park Ave.
Rockford Register-Republic, Tuesday, January 31, 1967 p. 5.
MISHAP KILLS ROCKFORD AREA FARMER
Charles Hill was killed Monday afternoon when he became entangled in a machine on his farm on Harrison Road, just north of Illinois 70.
His son, Lyle, 26, who lives on the same farm, said he and his father had been spreading manure on their fields. He said he went into their home briefly and when he came out he found his father had been caught by the power takeoff shaft on their tractor.
Hill's clothing apparently had been caught by the whirling shaft between the tractor and manure spreader and it appeared the shaft pulled Hill around and against the spreader.
His son said his father had probably been cleaning the machine.
Lyle Hill put his father in his pickup truck and drove him to Rockford Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Rockford Morning Star, Tuesday, January 31, 1967 p. 22.
Survivors include his widow; three sons, Lyle, Rockford, Gary, student at the University of Illinois, Urbana; and Greg at home; a daughter, Mrs. Phillip Hill, Phoenix, Ariz.; three grandsons; a sister, Mrs. Charles Cook, Waukegan; and several nieces and nephews. One brother, Howard, predeceased him.
Services at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Marvin R. Fritz, pastor, officiating. Burial in Willwood Burial Park. No visitation. A memorial fund for 4-H clubs has been established at the First National Bank, Winnebago. Arrangements by Long-Klontz Funeral Home, 428 Park Ave.
Rockford Register-Republic, Tuesday, January 31, 1967 p. 5.
MISHAP KILLS ROCKFORD AREA FARMER
Charles Hill was killed Monday afternoon when he became entangled in a machine on his farm on Harrison Road, just north of Illinois 70.
His son, Lyle, 26, who lives on the same farm, said he and his father had been spreading manure on their fields. He said he went into their home briefly and when he came out he found his father had been caught by the power takeoff shaft on their tractor.
Hill's clothing apparently had been caught by the whirling shaft between the tractor and manure spreader and it appeared the shaft pulled Hill around and against the spreader.
His son said his father had probably been cleaning the machine.
Lyle Hill put his father in his pickup truck and drove him to Rockford Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Rockford Morning Star, Tuesday, January 31, 1967 p. 22.
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