Benzie County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Hillier, Elmer Wesley 
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Cemetery:           Crystal Lake - North
Name:               Elmer Wesley Hillier

Date Of Photograph: October 26, 2006
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Elmer Wesley Hillier   b. 29 Aug. 1923   d. 21 Apr. 2003
FLT O US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
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Social Security Death Index 
Name: Elmer Hillier 
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX  
Last Residence: 49617  Beulah, Benzie, Michigan, United States 
Born: 29 Aug 1923 
Died: 21 Apr 2003 
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 ) 
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1930 United States Federal Census > Michigan > Genesee > Mount Morris > 
District 77
George P Hillier 29  
Lucreatia M Hillier 25  
Elmer W Hillier 6  
Phyllis S Hillier 4 4/12  
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TRAVERSE CITY RECORD EAGLE - 23 Apr. 2003 
 Elmer Wesley Hillier
      Died April 21, 2003
      BEULAH - Elmer Wesley Hillier, 79, of Beulah, died Monday, April 21, 
2003, at his residence. He was born Aug. 29, 1923, in Flint, the son of George 
and Lucretia (Skutt) Hillier.
      Elmer served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a pilot instructor 
until being honorably discharged in 1945. He had been self-employed as a 
machinist and inventor, working in the tooling business.
      In 1973, Elmer and his wife, Betty, moved to Benzie County. He was a 
member of St. Ann's Catholic Church in Frankfort. Elmer enjoyed working on old 
cars and being outdoors. Most of all, Elmer loved spending time with his family 
and taking his grandchildren for rides on his tractor.
      On July 19, 1948, in Flint, Elmer married Elizabeth "Betty" May Barton, 
who survives him. Also surviving are six children, Karen (James) Wharry of 
Garland, Texas, Mark (Sheila) Hillier of Wewoka, Okla., Creg (Tina) Hillier of 
Beulah, George (Toni) Hillier of Honor, Michael (Kathy) Hillier of McKinney, 
Texas, and Kathy Fortine of Beulah; 13 grandchildren; eight great-
grandchildren; three sisters, Jean O'Kazin of Flint, Marilyn (Kenneth) Johnson 
of North Carolina and Phyllis (Marvin) Carpenter of Texas; several nieces and 
nephews; and his close friends, Bob and Verna Boggs of Empire, and Leon and 
Sandy Fewins of Honor.
      Elmer was preceded in death by his parents; and a son, Matthew Thomas 
Hillier.
      Mass from the Order of Christian Funerals will be celebrated at 11 a.m., 
Thursday, April 24, at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Frankfort.
      Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Bennett-Barz 
Funeral Home in Beulah.
      Interment will be in Crystal Lake Township Cemetery, North, in Frankfort.
      The Bennett-Barz Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
      



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