Kimberley Ann Hill

Kimberley Ann Hill age 53 passed peacefully at home with her family present on Tuesday August 31, 2010 after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Kim was born in Cadillac Michigan on May 22, 1957 of the union of Theola Gillow and Donald Sherman. She proudly attended Lake City High School in northern Michigan where she excelled in school, sports and friendships, graduating in the top of her class in 1975. She attended the University of Michigan from the inspiration of her high school chemistry teacher and followed her deep sense of compassion to become a registered nurse graduating in 1979. Kim was constantly in the pursuit of excellence and went on to achieve a Masters Degree in public health from the University of Michigan. \r
Kim began a long and successful career in nursing starting at the University of Michigan hospital and later went on to specialize in a newly developing field of Intervention Radiology. Kim was able to work under Dr. Perry Arnold, one of the early pioneers in this field in Baltimore where they perfected many types of medical procedures without having to do severe and damaging surgery. She also went on to become a very valuable team member at Riverside Hospital in Columbus Ohio and then Skyridge Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado based on her extensive experience in the Intervention Radiology field of nursing. \r
With a sense of great adventure and tremendous patience she followed her husband's career moves to Chicago, Dallas, Baltimore, Columbus, Denver, Madison and finally to Hastings Michigan. During all of these moves she was able to work in high quality medical centers while also raising a family of three sons. She took great pride in her work contributions but was most proud of her family and her efforts in shaping the character and compassion of these young men. She took a number of years out of the workplace to focus her efforts on the raising of her family. \r
Kim had a number of passions in life in addition to her work and raising her family. Besides the normal routine of consummate gardener and renowned cook she was an active sales rep for Longaberger Baskets in Dresden Ohio. She attended many of the ""Bees"" with her close friends and fellow associates often traveling from the east coast. Kim was also an avid collector of antiques and country decorations and found great fun in shopping and collecting these ""Gems"" which filled and warmed the many homes for her family. Kim had a wonderful sense of adventure and was always game for a raft trip down the Arkansas River or for skiing down the mountains of Colorado.\r
Kim will be remembered for her quick and wonderful smile and her graceful manner with every situation. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister Pat Eising. Kim is survived by her husband Dan Hill, three loving sons, Nick , Nate and Brady Hill, sister Sandy (Doug) Mann and a brother, Chuck (Karen) Sherman , many beloved nieces and nephews. She will be dearly missed for her place in making this a better world. Visitation will be held Saturday from 10:00am until service time. Funeral services will be held Saturday September 4, 2010 at 11:00am at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Chaplain William Doubblestein will be officiating services. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society ,129 Jefferson Avenue Southeast\r
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-4324. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Please visit our website to leave a message or memory to the family. (www.girrbachfuneralhome.net).\r