Elgin, Union County, Oregon
Sisters-in-Law Die In Elgin
Sisters-in-law, Laura Bell Hill and Dora Florence Hill, both resident of Elgin, died within three days of each other in local hospitals this week.
Laura Belle Hill of Elgin, for 55 years a resident of Union county, died at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, of a stroke at the age of 68.
Surviving are five children, Mrs. Louie Hale of Elgin, Mrs. Luther Cummins of Portland, and Mrs. Warren Metcalf of Chester, California, 11 grandchildren, two sisters, Miss Grace Crawford of Pendleton, and Mrs. Chester Kuykendoll of Pomeroy, Washington, and other relatives.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 23, with Rev. Ballard officiating. Burial will be in the Summerville cemetery beside her husband who died in 1941.
Mrs. Hill was born October 8, 1875, at Heppner, Oregon.
La Grande Evening Observer
Friday, October 22, 1943
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Contributed by: Tom Childers