SHILL, Kenneth Orvil
Born July 23, 1918, in Malta, Idaho, the seventh of thirteen children born to Jesse Samuel Shill and Margaret LaVilla Duncan Shill. After a brief illness, passed away on Monday June 6, 2011. He is survived by one sister, Lillie Ramsey (Robert - deceased) and three brothers, Hazen Earl Shill (Charlene) of Portland, Oregon; Fred Shill (Betty) of Denver, Colorado; and Douglas Shill (Betty) of Mesa, Arizona. His first wife, Myrtle Orena Westerby Shill, passed an January 4, 1967. He is survived by five children from that marriage, Kenneth Cecil (Judy), Margaret Shill, Richard Orvil (Linda) and JoAnn Kortuem (Jay) of West Sacramento CA, Shirley Breshears (Roger Leon -deceased) of Wichita, KS. He is also survived by his second wife Marjorie Jean Shill and children, Karen Goulart (Gary) Orangevale, CA; and John Still of West Sacramento, CA. He also has four step- children Thomas Howard (deceased), Robert Howard, living in Florida, Dorothy Howard, living in Ohio and Betty Kay Nagel of Vacaville, CA; and 18 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. He moved his family to Bryte, CA in 1951 where he worked at a Flying A gas station on Merkley and West Capital Ave. in West Sacramento. He also worked as a cement finisher and carpenter. He joined the Bryte Volunteer Department. He was one of the first paid full time firemen hired by the Bryte Fire Department in 1962. He was a member of the West Sacramento Moose Lodge and enjoyed bowling, fishing and hunting. Memorial service to be held on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 2:00pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2667 Linden Road, West Sacramento, CA.
Published in The Sacramento Bee on June 29, 2011
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