Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Hiltibran, James Melvin March 1, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net December 2, 2012, 10:29 am The Springfield News-Sun HILTIBRAN, James M. "Jim" 74 formerly of Urbana, passed away, Sunday, March 01, 2009 in the Springfield Regional High St. Campus. He was born December 7, 1934 in Urbana the son of Virginia (Radford) & Joseph Hiltibran. He was a 1952 graduate of Urbana High School. Jim retired from International Harvester after 32 years of service. Jim loved the outdoors, he was avid fisherman, hunter and enjoyed teaching others his love of the outdoors. He enjoyed boating, feeding wildlife and cooking; he loved to eat. Jim was proud of his 22 years of sobriety with the help of AA. Most of all Jim loved to spend time with his family and grandchildren. Jim is survived by his children, Angel (Dick) Dunham of DeGraff and Jimmy (Missy) Hiltibran of Urbana, his grandchildren, Chris Hiltibran of Mobile, Alabama, Betsy Dunham of DeGraff, J.T. Hiltibran of Urbana & Seth Hiltibran of Urbana; several nieces & nephews and a host of friends including special friends, Betty Hartman and Chris Deel. He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 45 years, Elizabeth "Liz", 2 brothers and 2 sisters. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 2- 4 & 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 in the VERNON FUNERAL HOME Urbana, OH. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday in the funeral home. Burial will follow in Oakdale Cemetery Urbana. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/champaign/obits/h/hiltibra1480gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb