Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

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Thill, Donald “Don” Edward was born February 20, 1929 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
and was the son of Hilbert “Hib” Eugene and Dorothea “Dorothy” Ruth (Lombard)
Thill. He graduated from Hanover High School in 1947 and served with the U.S. Navy
during the Korean Conflict. He married Anna Elizabeth (Drivick) Weldon in 1957 in
Philadelphia and this union gave him two stepchildren: Michael Weldon and Linda
Mary Weldon, and two children were born to this union: Donald Edward Thill and
Diane Elizabeth Thill. Don was employed by Greenlee Tool Company, Rexham
Corporation and other tool and die companies in the Rockford area before he retired in
1995. His wife Anna died March 9, 1992. Don died on October 14, 2005 in Rockford
and he was cremated.
Thill, Dorothea “Dorothy” Ruth (Lombard) was born July 12, 1909 in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin and was the daughter of Edward August and Bertha Augusta (Boettcher)
Lombard. She married Hilbert “Hib” Eugene Thill on March 9, 1928 and five children
were born to this union: Donald Edward Thill, Robert Peter Thill, Kay Marleen (Thill)
Pink, Hilbert Eugene Thill Jr., and Thomas Dale Thill. Dorothy worked at the Galena
Glove Factory, Hanover Woolen Mill, and Mitchell’s Ben Franklin Store in Hanover.
Dorothy moved to Baraboo, Wisconsin in 1979 to be near her children. Dorothy died in
Baraboo on May 28, 2010 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Thill, Mae Bell (Harding) Kelley was born July 4, 1905. Mae married Andrew
Thomas Kelley on December 18, 1920 and two children were born to this union, both of
whom died in infancy. Andrew died March 28, 1938 and she married Alphonse Peter
Thill on May 24, 1941 in Hanover. Mae died in Savanna on January 31, 1988 and is
buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Thomas, Delores “Lolly” June (Westcott) was born June 11, 1939 and was the
daughter of Floyd and Saima Wilhelmina (Saari) Westcott. She graduated from
Hanover High School in 1957 and attended a Bible College. Lolly married Perry
Thomas and three children were born to this union: Donna Thomas, Perry Thomas, and
another son. The family lived in Loves Park, Illinois for many years. Lolly died
November 22, 1989 in Loves Park.
Thomas, Edward was born in about 1915. He was a student at Lindblom High School
in Chicago, Illinois before he moved to Hanover. Elmer N. and Elva Millburn (Craig)
Kuhns were his guardians when he lived in Hanover. Edward graduated from Hanover
High School in 1933.
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