Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....HILLMAN , Carol W. March 12 2002 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/ca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy B. Perazzo pbperazzo@comcast.net September 12, 2004, 1:23 am "The Davis Enterprise," Friday, March 15, 2002 Carol W. Hillman Carol White Hillman, co-founder of Antibodies Inc. of Davis, died March 12, 2002, in Davis. She was 72. She was born on March 15, 1929, in Rochester, Minn., to dedicated teachers Leslie D. and Millie (Solum) White, who had known each other since their childhood in Mabel, Minn. While at the University of Minnesota, she married James Hillman of Long Prairie, Minn., on May 5, 1950, and she considered 5 to be her lucky number. She and her husband co-founded Antibodies Inc. in their garage on L Street in Davis. The business, after seven years of struggle, began to grow and then moved to its present location on County Road 95. She was the marketing manager of the company, while simultaneously raising her children and being a Cub Scout den mother, until 1985. As a teacher, her father organized his fellow teachers for better pay and later, while superintendent, set high standards of professionalism. Carol Hillman was a teacher, too. She spent many hours helping prisoners through the "Seven Steps to Freedom" program, and taught many prisoners to read in a black studies program. During preparations for the legal defense of a black prison reformer, she was assaulted. From the resulting spinal damage, she eventually developed multiple sclerosis, which paralyzed her for the last 17 years of her life. Her courage, cheerfulness and goodness has enriched many lives, her family says. She is survived by her husband. She is also survived by five children: daughter Anne Swift of Davis, son David Hillman of Oakland, daughter Shona Hillman of Chicago, son John Hillman of San Leandro and daughter Heidi Cowan of Woodland; and by five grandchildren, Daryl Hillman of Hong Kong, Silas Hillman of San Leandro, Cornelia Hillman of Oakland, Eleanor Swift of Davis and Kezia Hillman of San Leandro. Additionally, she is survived by step-granddaughters Linda and Dora Petushi of Chicago. Those who were touched by her life are invited to a memorial service Monday at 1 p.m. at United Methodist Church of Davis, 1620 Anderson Road. Flowers may be sent to the church before the service. Donations in her memory may be made to the James and Carol Hillman Scholarship Fund at Antibodies Inc., P.O. Box 1560, Davis CA 95616 Additional Comments: Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/obits/gob1575hillman.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb