SCARBOROUGH — Beverly Hill, 76, of Sandy River Plantation, died early Tuesday afternoon at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.

She was born in Farmington, May 24, 1941, a daughter of John Errol and Dorothy (Brown) Haley, and received her education in Rangeley schools. She and her husband, Richard Hill, made their home in Pennsylvania for many years, before retiring to the Rangeley area in 1995. Mr. Hill died Oct. 20, 2014.

Beverly worked as a telephone operator for years before purchasing The Terraces on Rangeley Lake with her husband. She also worked retail in Pennsylvania for a few years until her husband bought the family farm, where she tended to the animals and gardens, while also being a full-time homemaker and mother.

She enjoyed cross-stitch, baking, gardening and serving as the hostess for Richard’s annual hunting trips. She loved going to bingo Friday nights with her nephew, John. She will be remembered for helping the less fortunate and taking amazing care of her kids, no matter how old they were.

She is forever loved by her daughters, Dee Thompson and her husband, Ben, of Gansevoort, N.Y., and Susan Hill and her companion, Scott Temple, of Bowdoinham; a son, Richard L. Hill Jr., of Pennsylvania; a stepdaughter, JoAnne Hudock, of Ohio, and her children, Stacey and James; grandchildren, Kevin and Mary Thompson; a brother, George “Huck” Haley, of Rangeley Plantation; sisters, Margie Mathys and her husband, Charlie, of Massachusetts, Virginia White and her husband, Ralph, of Dallas Plantation, Elaine Moody and her husband, Robert, of Gray, and Elizabeth “Betty” Millbury, and her husband, Donald, of Rangeley Plantation; several great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; and her favorite granddog, Annabelle, or as she called her, “Annie.”

She was predeceased by her daughter, Mary Ellen; her sister, Lucille Richard and her husband, Rodney; sister, Isabel Stewart; and brother, Jack Haley.

Condolences and memories may be shared with her family as well as a video tribute on her memorial wall at www.wilesrc.com.

Beverly Hill


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