WILLIAM ROBERT HILL, 66, of Port Charlotte, Florida died Saturday, October 4, 2014 at home in Port Charlotte.
He was born April 28, 1948 in Geneva, New York to the late Albert William and Alma Eldora Hill. William moved to Port Charlotte 17 years ago from San Bernardino, California. He was a retired Master Sergeant, United States Air Force and a veteran of the Viet Nam War. He was a member of the First Alliance Church, American Legion Post #103, and Disabled American Veterans Chapter #82, all of Port Charlotte and the Blinded Veterans Association.
Sergeant Hill received the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service as a Flightline Expediter, Blue Flight, 63rd Organizational Maintenance, 63rd Organizational Maintenance Squadron and as a Weapons System Controller, Job Control, Deputy Commander for Maintenance in the 63rd Military Airlift Wing from 1981 to 1984.
Survived by his loving family, wife, Sarah S. Olvera-Hill of Port Charlotte; a daughter, Marcia Roadifer of Fulshear, TX; a son, William D. Hill of Mountain Home, Arkansas; a step-son, Abel Viamontes of Miami, FL; two sisters, Mary Jane DeGuilio of Sarasota, FL and Judith Van Houten of Geneva, NY; a brother, Edward Hill of Denmark; and 2 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Susan J. Hill who died in 2007.
Visitation will be held Wednesday from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Oct. 8, 2014 at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held Thursday 11:00 AM, Oct. 9, 2014 at Roberson Funeral Home Port Charlotte Chapel. Rev. Robert W. Stegeman will officiate with military honors by the U.S. Air Force. Interment will be held at a later in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, New York.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org
Friends may visit online at www.robersonfh.com to sign the memory book and extend condolences to the family. Arrangements by Roberson Funeral Home & Crematory Port Charlotte Chapel.