AMORITA, OKLA
Sam Albert Hill, 82, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Wichita, Kansas after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born in Amorita, Oklahoma to Leonard Owen Hill and Clara Gertrude (Angle) Hill. He helped in his Dad's Auto Repair shop from age seven until he went away to college. Sam was a 1949 graduate of Amorita High School. In the fall, he enrolled at Oklahoma State University. On February 29, 1952 he married Jennie Sample. In 1953, during the Korean conflict, he was drafted into the Army and served two years. Nineteen months was spent in Japan as an Artillery Mechanic. He was discharged in April 1955. In the fall he returned to Oklahoma State, graduating in 1959 with a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He taught engineering drawing while finishing his graduate work. In 1959 he started work at Boeing Wichita, Kansas and taught Thermodynamics at Wichita State University night school. In 1961 he accepted a position at Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, California. He joined the United States Power Squadron and taught classes in Safe Boating, Weather, Navigation and Rules of the Road. In 1967 he started work at Lockheed for 3 years. In 1970 he opened an Auto Repair Shop and ran it for 17 years. In 1987 he bought a convenience store on Lake Success near Porterville, CA. He retired in 1997 and moved back to Amorita, Oklahoma where he lived till he passed. He is survived by his wife Jennie Hill; children, Ruth Lascurain and husband Charles of Cinebar, WA, Patsy Tappan and husband Mark of Purcellville, VA, Lisa Jaso and husband Bryan of Orland Park, IL and Sam Hill II and wife Julie of Valley Center, KS; grandchildren, Auguste Allen, Seth Lascurain, Julie Lascurain, Alex Tappan, Eric Tappan, Trinidad Perez, Jennie Jaso, John Jaso, Sam Hill III, Brooke Di Tullio, Miranda Di Tullio and Gianna Di Tullio; great grandchildren, Meech Williams, Malachi Williams, Hunter Perez, Devon Parsons, Reyna Lascurain, Logan Lascurain and Iris Allen; brothers, Jim Hill and wife Doris of Mobile, AL and Dan Hill and wife Pam of Mims, FL; sister Carrie Powell of Enid, OK; many other family and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, Leonard and Gertie Hill; sisters, Mary Jean, Ruth Stewart, Betty Angle, Dixie Hammond, and two infant brothers. A Celebration of his life will be held at the Amorita Community Building, Saturday, June 22, Amorita, Oklahoma. Baker Funeral Home, Valley Center. Condolences may be left for the family at www.bakerfhvc.com