Scottsbluff Star Hearld Scottsbluff, NE 25 May 2007 MORRILL - William James Hinman, 78, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. Graveside services will be 2 p.m., Friday, May 25, at East Lawn Cemetery in Minatare with Pastor Richard Reisig officiating. The William Hinman Memorial Fund has been established in care of the family. Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Tributes of sympathy may be left at www.dugankramer.com William was born April 8, 1929 in Minatare to Elton A. and Bessie Marie (Nelson) Hinman. He received his education in Minatare and married Dorothy Hardt Jan. 2, 1949 in Gering. He was a ditch rider for Gering/ Ft. Laramie Irrigation District until 1952 when he began his employment at Swift and Company for 23 years. After retiring from Swifts he returned to farming. He loved working with horses, hunting, fishing and spending time with and caring for his family. Survivors include his wife Dorothy; daughter, Sandra Hinman of Lyman; sons-in-law, Mike Lowry of Yoder, Wyo. and Larry Sayre, of Morrill; grandsons, William (Glenna) Zwiebel, Lyman, Justin Zwiebel and his fiancé Angie Weiss of Mitchell and Andrew Grasmick of Oregon; step-grandchildren, Chad (Amber) Lowry, Torrington, Brad Lowry of Florida and Candice Lowry of Torrington, and seven great-grandchildren. His parents, daughters Debra Sayre and Denise Lowry, brothers Bob and Don Hinman and sister Barbara preceded him in death.