Rev. Ralph Hill

Rev. Ralph A. Hill, 79, of Canton passed away Saturday September 30, 2017 at his residence.
He was born April 15, 1938 in Seymour Indiana. The son of Clyde and Irma Hill.
He married Charity (Rodefer) Hill on August 11, 1962 in Malden, Illinois they were married for 50 years. She preceded him in death in 2013.
They raised two children David Hill and Jolie (Mike) Shaw both of Canton and both survive along with four grandchildren, Grant (Chelsea) Shaw, April (Steven) Snider, Ethan Shaw, and Dennis Ledbetter. One brother Bob (Janet) Hill of Columbus Indiana, two sisters Connie (Jude) Richardson of Cogan Station, Pennsylvania and LuAnn (Gordon) Barker of Edinburg, Indiana.
Preceding Ralph in death were his parents and two brothers, Scott and Doug Hill.
Ralph graduated from Olivet Nazarene University and The Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, he worked in pastoral ministry for the Church of The Nazarene for 35 years with over 13 years being in Canton. He was also a Chaplin at O.S.F. Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria for 10 years, retiring in 2010.  Ralph loved people and his minister’s heart found ways to minister and care for family and friends right up to his eternal homecoming. He knew no strangers and touched many lives.
He loved and was very proud of his family and cherished time spent with them. He also loved fishing and going to Little Giant Football games. He will be greatly missed by all of those who knew and loved him. He was a wonderful husband, dad, grandpa, brother, uncle, pastor and friend.
Ralph was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Canton where a funeral service will be held on, Friday October 6, 2017 at 11 am. The Reverend Dennis Owens will officiate. Visitation will be held on Thursday October 5, 2017 from 4pm until 7pm at the Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Canton, and again on Friday morning from 10 am until time of the service at his church.
Burial will be held at White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Canton.
Memorials may be made out to his church or the Alzheimer’s Association.
To leave online condolences or to view Ralph’s video tribute please visit; www.oakshinesfuneralhome.com
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