OLIVE REBECCA HILL A memorial service will be held on January 21, 2000, for Olive Rebecca (Betty) Hill. The service will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the United Church in University Place, at 40th and Grandview. Betty, the mother of Jean Brooks, Mayor Pro Tem of University Place, died Wednesday, January 12, 2000. The family thanks Dr. Joanne Brown, pastor of United Church, for assisting us with starting this new journey for mom. Mom and dad's ashes will be scattered together in Rocky's Garden at the Eugene United Methodist Church in a special Memorial Service to be held February 1, 2000 in Eugene, Oregon. Mom was born August 20, 1918, in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, to Agnes and Thomas Hudson. She married dad - her soul mate - Charles Hill on March 5, 1938. She lived most of her life in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania. She and dad moved to Eugene, Oregon after his retirement in 1974. Mom devoted most of her life to volunteering in the Methodist Church and as the coordinator for volunteers of the Eugene/Springfield American Red Cross. She began as a Gray Lady with the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross in 1958. She also had a special place in her heart for the Pearl Buck Center in Eugene, Oregon. Mom was a person of great faith and inner strength and shared this faith and strength with all those she touched, especially her daughter. She moved to Tacoma a little over a year ago to be closer to her daughter Jean and her husband Harvey. She also spent that year making new friends and getting well acquainted with her great granddaughter Victoria Booker Brooks. Betty is survived by her daughter Jean and her husband Harvey; her grandson Clifford and his wife Joyre; her great granddaughter Victoria, her devoted "second" daughter Dorothy Hull; her new friends and Tacoma caregivers Arlene, Linda, Terrisita and Gerry and her hairdresser/listener Roz. She also enjoyed the companionship of Sophie and Cleo. She is also survived by her brother and sister-in-law Marion and Keith Collins of Indianapolis, Indiana, their son Scott and his wife Tami and their baby; her nieces and nephews Jack, Larry, Ronnie, Maida, Nina Lee, Tommy and all of their families. Jean and Harvey wish to thank the many others at Crossings, the nurses and doctors at St. Joseph's Clinic, Hospital and the Franciscan Care Center, who all showed great caring and compassion toward mom. We also want to thank all of our Social and Health Services Credit Union Staff, especially Thea, Mary Ann, Ed and Jackie and also Darryl Jensen for the care, advise and respect given mom by everyone. Contributions may be made in mom's name - Betty Hill - to the Community Breast Cancer Awareness Center, 4002 South 12th Street, Tacoma, WA 98405. Pub Date: 1/16/2000 Tacoma News Tribune