Tuesday, June 27,
2006
Newark Star-Ledger
Gilbert A. Hill, 86, of
Verona died yesterday in the New Jersey Firemans Home
in Boonton.
A service will be at 11 a.m.
tomorrow in the Prout Funeral Home, 370 Bloomfield
Ave., Verona.
Mr. Hill was employed with
the Essex County Roads and Bridges Department in Orange for 44 years before
retiring in 1982 as a supervisor and foreman.
After that, he was a
crossing guard in Verona at the corner of Bloomfield and Lakeside avenues for
20 years.
Mr. Hill was a volunteer
firefighter with Company 1 of the Verona Fire Department for many years, and
served as fire chief from 1971 to 1972.
He was a fire inspector for
the borough of Verona from 1982 to 2000.
Mr. Hill was a member of the
New Jersey Exempt Firemans Association, the New
Jersey Fire Chiefs Association and the New Jersey State Firemans
Association.
Mr. Hill was a life member
and captain of the Verona Rescue Squad and chaplain for the Sixth District of
the New Jersey State First Aid Council.
A sergeant in the Army
during World War II, he served in the Pacific Theatre.
Born in Caldwell, he moved
to Verona in 1950.
Surviving are a son, David
Sr.; a daughter, Judith; two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.