OBIT: Jacob Luther HILLEGAS, 2003, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  HILLEGAS
    
    Jacob Luther Hillegas, 97, of 300 Willow Drive, Willow Street,
  formerly of 9 Batt Ave., Willow Street, Lancaster, died of natural
  causes Jan. 9, 2003 at Community Hospital of Lancaster.  Born in
  Berlin, he is the son of the late Robert T. and Hattie Stutzman
  Hillegas.  His wife Geneva Long Hillegas died Sept. 13.  He is also
  preceded by a son, Leon.  Surviving are a son, Dr. Gordon L., husband
  of Sally A. Hillegas of Conestoga; six grandchildren; four
  great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.  Hillegas
  worked 35 years as a biology and chemistry teacher in Lancaster city
  school.  He retired in 1965 from McCaskey High School.  During his
  teaching career, he also was an adviser for two HiY groups, one of
  which has met annually for the past 36 years.  He also ran a flower
  shop for five years.  Hillegas attended a one-room school for five
  years and later attended Berlin Schools, graduating from high school
  in 1925.  He earned a bachelor's degree in 1929 from Frankiln &
  Marshall College and a master's degree in 1932 from the University of
  Pittsburgh.  A member of Westgate Baptist Church, he also belonged to
  Lancaster Elks Lodge 134 and East Petersburg Rotary Club, where for
  18 years he edited the club's newsletter.  Hillegas was a member of
  Audubon Masonic Lodge, New Jersey; Lancaster Lodge of Perfection;
  Harrisburg Consistory; and Zembo Temple, Harrisburg.  He also was a
  former member of the Lancaster County Shrine Club.  For 10 years he
  was a worthy patron of Jay H. Clark Chapter of the Order of the
  Eastern Star.  Hillegas enjoyed nature and spending time on the
  Appalachian Trail and was a nature director at Camp Shand.  He also
  enjoyed gardening, latch hooking and training exotic birds, and he
  was a contributing writer to National Cage Bird Magazine.
  
  Daily American, July 14, 2003
  
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