This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Helga Hill, 83, born on May 23, 1930 and passed away peacefully in her home in Pinole, California on February 15, 2014. Helga was born in Berlin, Germany, and lived in Berlin during World War II.  After the War, in her early twenties, she moved to the United States and worked as a seamstress in West Virginia.  She almost returned to Germany  (she wasn't fond of the winter weather or of sewing), but was invited to visit Florida with her host family.  Her visit to Florida convinced her that she wanted to remain in the United States. Her first marriage to Beatty Bishop brought her to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she helped raise Beatty’s children, Jim and Beverly Bishop.  After her divorce, she moved to California, where she began a long career as a gourmet candy sales representative, even though she was not a fan of chocolate!  We all fondly remember the gifts of Jelly Bellies, gummy bears, and gummy worms we received over the years.  In 1975, she met Phil Hill, and they were married on October 1, 1984. Theirs was a long and happy marriage, and they are now reunited, Phil having predeceased her by just over a year (http://www.forevermissed.com/philip-burton-hill). Helga valued her routines, her husband, reading books, doing crossword puzzles, listening to music, watching movies, taking care of her home, her garden, and her cats. Towards the end of her life, she often mentioned that hers was a wonderful and satisfying life.

Helga is survived by her step children Jim Beatty, Janel Hill, Tuoc Luong, Stuart Hill, and Allison Malone, and her grandchildren, Taylor, Cole and Jordan Hurwitz, Shelby and Cade Malone, and Timothy and Lianna Luong, her nephew Guido Akaras, sister-in-law Helen Hill, nieces Lisa Arnette, Michelle Maughan, and nephew Robert Hill.

We invite you to join us for a memorial celebration of Helga's life on March 22nd at 2 p.m. at their home in Pinole, 3525 Ponderosa Trail. For more information please call Allison at (505) 463-5164.