{"id":1716,"date":"2014-05-24T18:05:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T18:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2014-05-24T18:05:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T18:05:20","slug":"leo-a-hillman-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1716","title":{"rendered":"Leo A. Hillman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Leo A. Hillman \u2013 86 \u2013 of 50 East Main St., Hornell, died early Saturday morning (May 24, 2014) at his home, following a long illness.<\/p>\n

A native & life resident of Hornell, he was born September 9, 1927 and was the son of Robert & Rose (McCarthy) Hillman.<\/p>\n

Leo attended Hornell High School and later served his country as a member of the US Navy.\u00a0 He was employed for 37 years as a service repair technician for Sears in Hornell, retiring in 1989.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was a member of Our Lady of the Valley Parish and a communicant of St. Ann\u2019s Church.\u00a0 Leo enjoyed hunting & fishing and, as a dedicated sports fan, also enjoyed watching football and baseball — especially the New York Mets.<\/p>\n

Leo was preceded in death by 2 sons, Michael who died January 24, 1988 and Thomas who died April 7, 1994; and also his brother, John Hillman who died September 18, 2008.<\/p>\n

He was married on February 24, 1951 (63 years) to the former Isabelle Perrin who survives.\u00a0 Also surviving are his daughter, Roseanne Hunt of Hornell; 2 sons, Steven (Sandy) Hillman of Mt. Shasta, CA and Joseph (Karen) Hillman of Plantation, FL; 1 brother, Robert (Eleanor) Hillman of Hornell; 1 sister, Rosemary Walton of Ashville, NC; 9 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

The family of Leo A. Hillman will receive friends on Monday from 4:00 PM \u2013 7:00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.\u00a0 A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday at 10:00 AM at St. Ann\u2019s Church with burial in St. Mary\u2019s Cemetery.<\/p>\n

Leo\u2019s family request that memorial contributions in his name be made to a charity of the donor\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n

In honor of Leo\u2019s service to his country by serving in the US Navy, the American Flag at the Dagon Funeral Home will be flown at half-staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leo A. Hillman \u2013 86 \u2013 of 50 East Main St., Hornell, died early Saturday morning (May 24, 2014) at his home, following a long illness. A native & life resident of Hornell, he was born September 9, 1927 and was the son of Robert & Rose (McCarthy) Hillman. Leo attended Hornell High School and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1718,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716\/revisions\/1718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}