Mrs. Mary C. Hill Stricken at Home; Former Ohio City Woman Dies at Blaine Ave Residence; Mrs. Mary Catharine Hill, 64, wife of Squire A. Hill, died today at 10:55 a.m. in their home at 262 Blaine avenue. Her death followed a six-month illness. A resident of Marion four years, Mrs. Hill came here from Ohio City. She was born in Clinton County on April 4, 1878 to Thomas and Laura Knoch Richard. Her first husband, Frank McClung, died in 1922. Her marriage to Mr. Hill took place on August 19, 1938. She was a member of First United Brethren Church. Surviving with the husband are two daughters, Mrs. C. W. Luse of Congress street and Mrs. H. L. Brubaker of Bowling Green, four step-children, Misses Opal and Oceal Hill of 297 Blaine avenue, Carlos Hill of Toledo and Mrs. Herman P. Radebaugh of North Greenwood street three grand-children, two brothers, Frank and Russell Richard in Florida and two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Weagley of Van Wert, O., and Mrs. Ira Eller of Berne, Ind. Funeral services will be conduced Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Merle H. Hughes funeral home on Mt Vernon avenue and at 3 in First United Brethren Church. Rev. Garrison Roebuck will be in charge. Burial will be made in Marion cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a. m. Friday. From The Star, Marion, Ohio, Thursday, June 11, 1942; viewed at Ancestry.com.


This was my great-grandfather's niece. I would love to hear from anyone who has any information regarding her mother, Adaline "Laura" Knoch Richard(s).