Obit: Hill, James L. (1941 - 1975)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: HILL BORDEN

----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner 11/5/1975

WILLARD MAN ACCIDENT VICTIM AT LOYAL

James L. Hill, 34, R. 1, Willard, Clark County, was killed in an auto accident on Highway 98 2 miles east of Loyal on Friday morning, Nov. 21, 1975, around 7:30 a.m. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic Church at Willard, with burial in the Holy Family Cemetery. Father Martens officiated at services.

The Rinka Funeral Home, Greenwood, was in charge of arrangements.

James Hill was born Sept. 9, 1941, at Pittsburgh, Pa. And attended Mt. Lebanon High School in Pennsylvania, graduating in 1960. He attended Divine Word Seminary, where he learned his trade of carpentry and cabinet making. At the time of his death he was employed by Fluor Brothers of Oshkosh, working in Marshfield.

He was a member of Holy Family Church in Willard.

He is survived by his wife, one son, James Francis, three brothers, John, Gene, and Dennis, Miami, and one sister, Mrs. Dale (Gloria) Borden, Hollywood, Fla.

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Obit: Hill, James L. #2 (? - 1975)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Hill, Zogg, Perkins

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/27/1975

Hill, James L. (? – 21 November 1975)

Funeral services were to be held Tuesday morning from Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard for James L. Hill, 34-year-old father of one, who was injured fatally in a two-car collision on Highway 98 in the Town of Loyal early last Friday morning.

Hill was driving a panel truck to work in Marshfield, suffered multiple internal and chest injuries when his vehicle collided nearly head-on with a pickup truck driven by Leonard G. Zogg, 56, of Spencer.

Zogg was taken by private automobile to the Colby Clinic where he was treated for cuts and bruises and released.

Hill was removed by ambulance to a Marshfield hospital where he succumbed.

In his report of the accident, County Traffic Officer Albert J. Perkins said marks at the scene indicated Hill had attempted to pull his truck back onto the highway after a front wheel had dropped onto the shoulder from the pavement.

The panel truck careened across the east-bound lane and collided nearly head-on with the truck driven in a westerly direction, by Zogg.

Hill’s death was the seventh traffic fatality on Clark County highways this year. It compares with nine for the entire year of 1974, according to county traffic department records.

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Obit: Hill, James L. Jr. #3 (1941 - 1975)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Hill, Borden, McManus, Koschak, Wilson, Kocher

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 12/04/1975

Hill, James L. Jr. (9 September 1941 – 21 November 1975)

Pallbearers were Francis Koschak, John Koschak, David McManus, John Hill, David Wilson and Robert Kocher.

People from away that attended the funeral services of James L. Hill Jr., last week in Willard were, Mr. and Mrs. James Hill, Sr., Mrs. Gloria Borden and John Hill, all of Miami, Fl.; David McManus of Pittsburg, Pa.; and friends from Greenwood, Willard and Neillsville.

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Obit: Hill, James L. Jr. #4 (1941 - 1975)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Hill, Crawford, Koschak, Borden, Mertens

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 12/04/1975

Hill, James L. Jr. (9 September 1941 – 21 November 1975)

James Hill Jr., 34, who died November 21, in a two truck accident on Highway 98 east of Loyal, was buried November 25 following funeral services Tuesday morning, from Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard. Burial was made in Holy family Cemetery. The Rev. Michael Mertens officiated.

Mr. Hill was born September 9, 1941, in Noblestown, Pa., to James, Sr., and Marian (Crawford) Hill. He grew to manhood there. He was educated in Pennsylvania schools and learned the trade of carpenter.

On October 23, 1971, he was married to Jacky Koschak in Miami, Fl., where they resided until May of 1975, when they moved to Willard.

At the time of his death he was employed in Marshfield.

Surviving are his wife, Jacky, and a son James Francis; three brothers, John, Gene and Dennis Hill, and a sister, Mrs. Dale (Gloria) Borden, all of Miami, Fl. Also surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Hill, Sr., of Miami, Fl.