Obit of Mrs. Jonas (Mary Ellinger) Hill 1946
From the Chatsworth Plaindealer
Chatsworth,Livingston,Illinois
MRS. JONAS (MARY) HILL
AUGUST 29, 1946
Mrs. Jonas Hill, of Chatsworth, died at the Mennonite hospital in Bloomington Friday morning at 4 o'clock after a long illness. She had been failing for about six years but was in the hospital the time for 16 days.
The body was brought to the Hill home in Chatsworth and funeral services were conducted from the Evangelical church, Monday afternoon, August 26th, at 2 o'clock by the church pastor, the Rev. E.E. Keiser. Two songs, selected by Mrs. Hill, were sung at the service by Mrs. Clara Game and Miss Faye Shafer, accompanied by Mrs. Nellie Shafer. Burial was in Chatsworth cemetery. Leslie Schade, Albert Wisthuff, Ralph Dassow, Elmer Grosenbach, Walter Grosenbach and Walter Grieder were ballbearers.
Mary Ellinger Hill was born near Cullom, January 1, 1877, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam M. Ellinger, and was married November 27, 1901, to Jonas S. Hill, of Dayton, Virginia, with whom she lived on a farm near Charlotte for about 12 years. In 1913, the family moved to Chatsworth where Mr. Hill found employment with the railroad. Mr. Hill preceded her in death, the 3rd of April, 1946.
Mrs. Hill was a member of the Chatsworth Evangelical church, and a faithful member of the Woman's Missionary society. She was interested in the church and its activities and found much pleasure in the fellowships, association and service there.
She devoted herself to her family with true love and was the center of a family circle that held the group together in mutual interest and affection. As a neighbor and friend, she endeared herself to all who knew her, and developed a fine human interest in the affairs of life generally.
Eight children survive. They are Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Gladys Baker and Mrs. Lottie Bowman, of Bradley; John, Clinton, Tenn; Clifford, Clement, Albert and Kenneth, all at home.
Two brothers, Chris Ellinger, Chatsworth; John Ellinger, of Cullom and a sister, Mrs. John Gelmer, Chatsworth, also survive.