Alvin Hill

Alvin “Bud” Hill, 88, of

Ray, passed away peace-

fully on Sunday evening,

October 13, 2019 at CHI

Saint Alexius Hospital In

Williston.

His Funeral Service will

be held at 11:00 AM on

Thursday, October 17 at

the Ray Lutheran Church.

Rev. Nicole Martin will

officiate. Interment in

Rainbow Valley Cemetery

will follow the funeral

service.

Friends may call at the

Ray Lutheran Church on

Thursday for the hour

preceding the service.

Bud first came to North

Dakota in ’31 in the mid-

dle of winter without a

stitch of clothes on. Born

February 25, 1931 to

Arthur and Thea (Swen-

son) Hill. He was born in

the same two room house

that his 5 brothers and 4

sisters had been born in

about 14 miles north of

Ray, in New Home Town-

ship.

He started school in

1936 in Champion Town-

ship for two years, but

with the depression peo-

ple were moving out

quickly and because of

the lack of kids, schools

were closing. He then at-

tended two years of

school in New Home

Township across from the

Rainbow Valley Church.

After his mother died he

attended 4 years of school

in Rainbow Township un-

til the school closed one

year later. He then attend-ed 4 years of high school

in Ray until it burned

down the night before he

graduated.

Bud was united in mar-

riage to Patricia (Kellar)

Hill on June 9, 1956. To-

gether they attended Rain-

bow Valley Lutheran

Church, which was built

on land donated by Bud’s

Grandpa, Ole Hill. They

had 5 children.

He was a charter

member of North Dakota

EMT’s and served with

Ray Ambulance for over

20 years. Bud also spent

many hours flipping lefse

for “The Lefse Lady.” He

worked many jobs off the

farm, but his main occu-

pation was farming, some-

thing he still enjoyed do-

ing until months before

his death. He hauled

anhydrous and swathed

hay until he was 88 years

old.

Among Bud’s survivors

are daughter Barb (Blaine)

and son Darryl (Adrene),

grandchildren,

great-grandchildren, and

sister, Delores Grimson.

He is preceded in death

by his wife, Pat; parents,

Arthur and Thea; infant

brother and infant sister;

brothers, Harley, Kerm,

Wally, and Don; sisters,

Ruby and Florence.

Friends are

welcome to visit

www.eversoncoughlin.com

to share memories of Bud

or leave condolences for

his family.