GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR CHARLES DOW HILTON AGE 75 OF REEDS SPRING, MO. WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE AT MISSOURI VETERANS CEMETERY SPRINGFIELD, MO.
HE DIED AT 12:24PM, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2009 AT SKAGGS REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER.
HE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 7, 1934 IN VERMILLION, KS THE SON OF R. EMMITT AND GENEVA HILTON. HE WAS A RETIRED MAJOR WITH THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND SERVED IN VIETNAM. HE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE AREA FOR THE PAST 29 YEARS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 51 YEARS MARY HILTON OF THE HOME, FOUR CHILDREN; DENNIS HILTON OF SPRINGFIELD, MO, STEVE HILTON OF WICHITA FALLS, TX, VICKIE PESTLE OF NIXA, MO, CYNDY GARTHOFF OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MO, TWO SISTERS; LACRETA HILL OF TULSA, OK, SANDY DONNELLY OF PHILADELPHIA, PA, ONE BROTHER; GARY HILTON OF TULSA, OK AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND ONE BROTHER; SAM HILTON.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY SUGGESTS THAT MEMORIAL DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION, DVD PROGRAM. 4647 FORBES BLVD., LANHAM, MD. 20706. WWW.AMVETS.ORG.