February 22, 2007
Maxwell A. Hill
EDWARDS – The funeral for Maxwell A. Hill, 65, formerly of Edwards, will be at noon Saturday, February 24, 2007, at French Funeral Home, Edwards, with the Rev. William G. Hart officiating. Burial will be in North Russell Cemetery.
Mr. Hill died Feb. 10, 2007, at Kinney Nursing Home, Gouverneur, where he had resided since Jan. 10, 2007.
A calling hour will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Mr. Hill was a farm hand for the Bullock family in Edwards and a maintenance worker at Quarry Lanes, Gouverneur. He also worked for St. Joe Mineral Corp., Balmat, for years.
Born May 22, 1941, in Hermon, son of Albertie D. and Marjory M. Clark Hill, he graduated from Knox Memorial High School, Russell.
He served in the Marine Corps from 1960 to 1964 as a private and received the Rifle Marksman Badge and Good Conduct Medal.
A marriage to Dorothy Jean ended in divorce.
Mr. Hill enjoyed hunting, fishing and caring for animals.
Richard M., and Terrance R., and a daughter, Carey Jean Hill, addresses unknown; a sister and her husband, Marsha and Wheeler Maynard, Russell; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Edmund S. and Margaret, Gouverneur, and William, Edwards; several grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
From Gouverneur Tribune Press – Thursday, February 22, 2007