This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HILL, SMITH Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nZB.2ACE/320 Message Board Post: The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., February 9, 1916, page 2 MRS. M.M. HILL Mrs. Carrie Smith Hill, wife of M.M. Hill, died at an early hour Saturday morning at her home in Pine Grove. She had been in failing health for the past couple of years and for several weeks her condition has been such as to cause a great anxiety. The funeral was held Monday. At noon a short service was conducted at the home by Rev. A.S. Donat of Riverside Congregational Church. At two o’clock the services were held in town, with Mr. Donat and Rev. J.L. Hershner in charge. During this service Mrs. C.H. Sletton sang two appropriate selections. The Order of the Eastern Star, of which Mrs. Hill had been a member, also took part in the ceremony. A great profusion of floral tributes testified to the high esteem in which Mrs. Hill had been held. Her neighbors acted as pallbearers and they were Martin Gragseth, W.C. Keck, A.G. Lewis, F.W. Hayt and E.C. Brownlee. Mrs. Hill was born in Trayer, Iowa, and grew to womanhood there. She taught school for a few years and then married Mr. Hill. They came to Hood River in 1902 and built one of the most attractive homes on the East Eide. Mrs. Hill was a woman whom everybody loved for her quiet, kindly, womanly qualities and she will be sincerely mourned by many devoted friends. Despite the unpleasant weather, her neighbors in Pine Grove attended the funeral and paid a last tribute to one for whom all felt a deep regard. Besides her husband, Mrs. Hill is survived by her father and three brothers, Orrin and William Smith of Iowa and George L. Smith of this place. An adopted daughter, Ruth, also survives. All were present to lend the comfort during Mrs. Hill’s last days. Interment was made at Idlewilde. This was posted for reference only. I am not related to, nor am I researching this family. If you have additional information about the person or event listed above, please post it as reply to this message.