Ida Dora Lasher and Melzar Colton Hills

MELZAR COLTON HILLS, son of MARY JERUSHA COLTON and NELSON HILLS, was born July 28, 1852,⁶⁹⁶⁰ and died in 1937 in California.³⁸⁹³ He is buried in Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands, San Bernardino, California.⁴⁵⁶

He married IDA DORA LASHER on January 28, 1879 in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.⁴⁸¹⁸ She was born January 17, 1861 in Lancaster, Grant, Wisconsin,³⁶⁶¹ and died September 19, 1920 in Yakima, Yakima, Washington.³⁶⁶¹ She is buried in Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima, Washington.^{3661, 456}

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Melzar C. Hills)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Melzar C. Hills)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Melzar C. Hills)

Children of IDA DORA LASHER and MELZAR COLTON HILLS:

1. HATTIE I. HILLS, b. November, 1879, Wisconsin; d. July 16, 1936, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota.⁷⁴
2. RAYMOND EARL HILLS, b. June 13, 1881, Clear Lake, Polk, Wisconsin;^{4818, 8} m. MILLIE BARDILLE ALLEN on October 18, 1908 in Moxee, Yakima, Washington⁴⁸¹⁸; d. 1933.⁴⁵⁶
3. LEONARD LEROY HILLS, b. May 22, 1883, Clear Lake, Polk, Wisconsin;⁷⁰¹⁹ m. JEANETTE PAULSEN; d. 1968.⁴⁵⁶
4. ETHEL I. HILLS, b. May 2, 1885, Wisconsin;⁶³³¹ m. CLAUDE A. KINYON on January 1, 1908 in North Yakima, Yakima, Washington⁶⁶²⁴; d. March 23, 1947, St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.⁶³³¹
5. FLORENCE MADELINE HILLS, b. November 17, 1887, Wisconsin;²⁵⁰ m. BURRIS FRANKLIN ENGLEDOW on June 30, 1913 in Chehalis, Lewis, Washington⁵²¹⁷; d. July 7, 1967, Los Angeles County, California.²⁵⁰
6. NELSON COLTON HILLS, b. January 22, 1890, Clear Lake, Polk, Wisconsin;⁸ d. May 26, 1938, Copalis Beach, Grays Harbor, Washington.⁹⁸⁸
7. GEORGE LYLE HILLS, b. October 16, 1894, East Grand Forks, Polk, Minnesota;⁸ m. (1) MOLLIE STENNETT on November 19, 1917 in North Yakima, Yakima, Washington⁵²¹⁷, m. (2) MILDRED ELIZABETH MAYNARD on August 29, 1921 in Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington⁵²¹⁷, m. (3) RUBY GRACE ROBERTSON; d. July 31, 1936, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California.⁸²²⁰
8. MELZAR COLTON HILLS, b. December 7, 1895, Crookston, Polk, Minnesota;⁴⁵³² d. December 31, 1946, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona.²⁸⁰⁷
9. LOULA HILLS, b. 1897, Minnesota;⁴⁵⁶ d. November 15, 1909, North Yakima, Yakima, Washington;³⁶⁶¹ bur. Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima, Washington.^{3661, 456}
10. ALLEN W. HILLS, b. August 30, 1900, Minnesota;²⁵⁰ m. EILEEN MARY PHILPOT on August 19, 1933 in Yakima County, Washington⁶⁶²⁴; d. August 8, 1968, Mentone, San Bernardino, California.^{250, 7017}
11. HELEN M. HILLS, b. August 26, 1903, Becker, Sherburne, Minnesota;⁷⁵ m. RALPH CHARLES NODURFTH; d. August 2, 1960, Banning, Riverside, California.¹¹⁵⁶²
12. IDA BELLE HILLS, b. September 13, 1905, Minnesota;⁶³³¹ m. WILLIAM W. KLINE on October 30, 1927 in Los Angeles County, California³⁵⁴¹; d. May 1, 1948, Burbank Hospital, Burbank, Los Angeles, California;⁶³³¹ bur. Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands, San Bernardino, California.⁶³³¹

Obituaries

Daily Record, August 4, 1960¹¹⁵⁶²

Helen M. Nodurfth

BANNING — Helen M. Nodurfth, age 56, died at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2, at her home, 847 E. Hoffer St. A native of Minnesota, she had been a Banning resident for ten and a half years; she had lived in California for 38 years.

Her husband, Ralph C. Nodurfth, is employed at Torrance's Garage Studebaker Sales and Service. He is listed among the survivors, which include her son, Ralph H., of San Bernardino; her sister Florence Ingelandow from San Gabriel; and two brothers, Ailen Hills of Mentone and Leonard Hills of Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Nodurfth also leaves one grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow from the Wood's Chapel, with Rev. James F. Walls, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, officiating. Interment will be in Sunnyslope Cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
August 21, 18604814	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Mary Jerusha Colton Nelson Hills Cleona Adelaide Hills William Edwin Hills Delocia Camilla Hills Armina Hills Melzar Colton Hills Jerusha Elizabeth Hills Grace Emily Hills Jerusha Sutherland
June 27, 18707006	Lincoln, Polk, Wisconsin	Mary Jerusha Colton Nelson Hills Melzar Colton Hills Jerusha Elizabeth Hills Grace Emily Hills Jerusha Sutherland Earnest Stanley Hills Mary Luella Hills Eveline Leonora Hills Fanny Hills
June 17, 18807010	Osceola, Polk, Wisconsin	Melzar Colton Hills Ida Dora Lasher Hattie I. Hills
June 4, 19007011	Burlington, Becker, Minnesota	Melzar Colton Hills Ida Dora Lasher Hattie I. Hills Leonard Leroy Hills Ethel I. Hills Florence Madeline Hills Nelson Colton Hills George Lyle Hills Melzar Colton Hills Loula Hills
April 16, 19107007	North Yakima, Yakima, Washington	Melzar Colton Hills Ida Dora Lasher Hattie I. Hills Leonard Leroy Hills Florence Madeline Hills Nelson Colton Hills George Lyle Hills Melzar Colton Hills Allen W. Hills Helen M. Hills Ida Belle Hills Ethel I. Hills
January 10, 19201319	Yakima, Yakima, Washington	Melzar Colton Hills Ida Dora Lasher Nelson Colton Hills George Lyle Hills Melzar Colton Hills Allen W. Hills Helen M. Hills Ida Belle Hills
April 4, 19307008	Redlands, San Bernardino, California	Claude A. Kinyon Ethel I. Hills Luella Orelene Kinyon Vinetta Irene Kinyon George H. Von Tungeln Melzar Colton Hills