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Dr. James 'Jim' Raymond Hill |
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October 17, 1935 ~
December 11, 2017 |
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December 11, 2017 |
Jim R. Hill M.D., 82, Bonners Ferry, passed away
quietly on Monday December 11, 2017 at his home.
There will be a celebration of life for Jim in
the summer of 2018. Details for the celebration
will be announced at a later date.
He was born on October 17, 1935 in Salt Lake
City, Utah.
He was a veteran of the United States Air Force
and worked as a nuclear weapons engineer. While
in the Air Force, Jim found inspiration to
pursue medicine as a career.
He married Patricia Madden and together they had
three children, Michael, Mark and Laura. While
raising his family, Jim attended the University
of Iowa Medical School, graduating in the top
seven percent of his class. He made his home in
Boone, Iowa, where he practiced medicine for ten
years.
After his divorce, he married Rosemary Hornberg.
Together they decided to move their family to
Bonners Ferry where Jim could pursue his dream
of practicing medicine in a small rural
community. He and Rosemary quickly fell in love
with the people and stunning beauty of Bonners
Ferry.
Working as a team, Jim and Rosemary served their
patients for 23 years. He loved the challenge of
a small community practice where he could care
for each person and their families. Jim
genuinely felt that his patients were family.
Jim enjoyed many things. He was a minor league
baseball player and enjoyed telling the story of
playing against the legendary Mickey Mantle. He
enjoyed tennis, golf, skiing, fishing and he
never missed a chance to cheer for the Iowa
Hawkeyes. Jim was an avid reader from medical
journals to physics and science fiction. He
always had a book list ready for his daughter
Laura to be discussed on the next phone call.
He will be greatly missed but lives on through
his wife, children, grandchildren and the
community he loved so dearly.
Jim is survived by his wife Rosemary, children
Michael (Jane) Hill, Mark (Bonnie) Hill, Laura
(Joe) Schlough and grandchildren Travis, Brett
and Alexander.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents,
Raymond and Thelma Hill, sisters Mervyn Hill,
Vivian Davidson, Geraldine Bales and RaeEllen
Clark and former wife Patricia Madden. |
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