- Date Of Birth: September 4, 1947
- Date Of Death: September 19, 2019
- State: Iowa
The family will greet friends from 10-11 a.m.
David B. Hill, the son of Alton and M. Ruth Gates Hill, was born on September 4, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended country school in Jasper County and was a graduate of Newton High School in 1966. David served his country in the U. S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, where he received two purple heart medals, a Presidential Unit Citation and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
On November 23, 1980 David was united in marriage with Eileen L. Cole in the Chapel at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines. They were blessed with two daughters, Carrie and Debbie.
David loved his family, especially his grandchildren. He also loved his work and volunteering at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines.
David died on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at University Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Des Moines. He was 72. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alton Hill and Ruth Hill Appleby; stepfather, Delmar Appleby.
Those left to honor David’s memory are his wife, Eileen of Des Moines; daughters, Carrie Hill of Des Moines and Debbie Hill of Des Moines; his five grandchildren, Noah Stanton, Georgia Hill, Paige Hill, Ariana Floyd and Easton Nittler; and sister, Susan (Tom) Anderson of Newton.
