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Jacob Peter "Jake" Hiller

8 Apr 1891 – 5 Jun 1968

Birth8 Apr 1891
Death5 Jun 1968
CemeterySacred Heart Cemetery
Hebron , Thayer County , Nebraska , USA
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The Hebron Journal-Register (Hebron, NE), Thursday, September 7, 1922; pg. 1 ZADINA - HILLER NUPTIALS Miss Marguerite Zadina Weds Jacob Hiller on Grandmother's and Aunt's Anniversary A very pretty wedding was solemnized at Sacred Heart church (sic) on Wednesday morning at 8:30 when Miss Marguerite Zadina became the bride of Mr. Jacob Hiller, jr., the Rev Joseph Ress officiating. The bride was attended by Miss Lucille Daringer as bridesmaid and Nicholas Hiller, brother to the groom, acted as best man. Little Evelyn Daringer was ring bearer, carrying the ring in a rose. The bride wore a gown of white satin with overskirt of lace, with veil of silk illusion with crown of rose point lace, held in place with pearls. Her slippers were worn by her mother at her wedding twenty-two years ago. She carried a shower bouquet of Russell roses and swansonia. The bridesmaid wore a lavender crepe de chine dress and carried Ophelia roses. Following the ceremony a bountiful three-course wedding breakfast was served to about sixty guests at the home of Mrs. M. J. Prentice, grandmother of the bride. The Prentice home was beautifully decorated for the occasion in yellow and white and this color scheme was carried out in the table decorations and in the wedding cake. Mrs. Hiller has grown to womanhood in this city and attended the Hebron high school. Mr. Hiller is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hiller, sr., pioneer residents of Thayer county (sic). Both Mr. and Mrs. Hiller have a host of friends in this community who join In wishing them all the joys of nuptial bliss. Following a wedding trip through Colorado Mr. and Mrs. Hiller will he at home to their friends on a farm six miles north of Hebron. An interesting fact about the wedding of Miss Zadina is that it took place on the anniversary of her grandmother, Mrs. M. J. Prentice, who was married on September 6, 1875, and of her aunt, Mrs. Powell of McDonald, Kas., who was married on September 6, 1911. Out-of-town guests in attendance at the wedding were: Mrs. A. J. Crawford of Beardsley, Kas., Mr. Powell and two children of McDonald, Kas., Mr. and Mrs. Rothmeier, of Alexandria, the Misses Anna and Mable Rooney of Haddam, Kas., Mr. and: Mrs. George Landkamer, of Alexandria, and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hergott and children of Gilead. ====================== The Banner-Press (David City, NE), Thursday, June 13, 1968; pg. 4 Funeral Services Held Saturday Morning For Jacob Peter Hiller, 77 Funeral services for Jacob Peter Hiller, 77, Bellwood, were conducted Saturday morning, June 8, at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Bellwood with the Rev. G. C. Messman officiating. Mr. Hiller died Wednesday, June 5, at Lincoln General Hospital after a two week illness. Pallbearers were six nephews, Edward, Anthony, Robert, Christopher and Alfred Hiller, and Arthur Daringer. Burial was is Sacred Heart Cemetery, Hebron. Members of the American Legion attended the services in a body. Coming from a distance to attend the services were relatives and friends from Hebron, Lincoln, David City, Omaha, York, St. Edward, Grand Island, Peru, Columbus, Fremont, and Gering, and Hot Springs, S. D., Casper, Wyo., Reno, Nev., and Springfield, Ill. Jacob Peter Hiller, the son of Jacob Hiller and Anna Reisdorff, was born April 8, 1891, at Bellwood. His father came from Austria and his mother from Luxembourg In the early 1870's. He was educated in District 76 school in Butler county (sic). In 1906 he moved to Belvidere in Thayer county (sic) where he farmed until entering the armed force in 1917. He served in five campaigns overseas. He resumed farming in Thayer county (sic) in 1919, and was married on Sept. 6, 1922, at Hebron's Sacred Heart Church to Marguerite Ethel Zadina. Two children were born to this union. In 1927 the family moved to the Bellwood area where Mr. Hiller was engaged in farming until he retired and moved into Bellwood in 1956. He worked at the Bellwood lumber yard four years. Mr. Hiller was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church, the Holy Name Society, and LaVerne Schmit Post No. 327 of the American Legion. Survivors include his wife, Marguerite; one son, Melvin E. Hiller of Reno, Nevada; one daughter, Harriet A. Martinson of Casper, Wyo.; one brother, Joseph J. Hiller of Hebron; and two sisters, Anna Daringer of Hebron, and Sister Mary Aloysia Hiller of the Ursuline Convent, Springfield, Ill. Preceding him in death were his parents; four brothers (NOTE: Only three sons named), William, John, and Nick; and one sister, Sister Monica Margaret Hiller.

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