Memorial service for Max E. Hill, age 82, of Lemmon, SD will be at 2:00 pm Saturday, May 17, 2008 at the Prince of Peace Chapel of the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon with Pastor Florence Hoff officiating. Cremation has taken place and burial will be in the Greenhill Cemetery with full military honors afforded by the Bratvett Green American Legion Post #66.

He passed away on Sunday morning, March 9, 2008 at his home in Lemmon.


Max Edward Hill was born in Whitney, SD on August 15, 1925 to Darr and Bertha (Jackson) Hill. He attended a rural school until 1934 when his family moved to Forest Lake, MN. In 1935, following the death of his father, they returned to Lemmon. In 1942, the family moved back to St. Paul, MN so Max could attend school for airplane mechanics. Following his graduation, the school sent him to Ogden, UT where he worked on airplanes for the service during the war. He joined the U.S Navy in 1943 during World War II and was discharged in 1945 in St. Paul, MN. He then began working at Siegers Refrigeration and at Sterling Products.


He married Lillian A. Perron on June 9, 1949 and to this union one daughter was born, Maxann. Max has worked on the Shadehill Reservoir project and in the gold mines in Lead. They returned to St. Paul and resided there until he retired. In 1996, they moved back to Lemmon to be closer to their daughter.


Max is survived by his wife of 58 years Lillian, daughter and son-in-law, Maxann (Edmund) Wiesinger; three grandchildren, Terry (Tammy) Wiesinger, White Butte, SD, Candace Wiesinger, Scranton, ND, and Trenda Wiesinger, Shadehill, SD; three great grandchildren, two nephews, Delbert (Lucy) Wiesinger, Hettinger, ND, John Phillips, Wyoming, MN; two nieces, Darrlene Auger and Anita (Joe) Russo all of St. Paul, MN.


He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 sisters, Winnifred Wiesinger and Thelma Phillips, a nephew, Joe Wiesinger; a niece, Azalia Broesamle, and a great niece Dorri Jordan.