VETERAN
US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
Early Life: He was born May 25, 1927, in Woodruff, Arizona, the sixth of eight children to Eugene and Ruth Naomi Savage Hilton. He grew up in Oakland, California.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: He joined the United States Navy during World War II, and served a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil. He married Ruth Janet Fenn on August 7, 1950, in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple. He received a bachelor of science degree from Brigham Young University in Physics and spent much of his professional career in high energy physics research. Among many professional accomplishments, he pioneered the use of neutron radiation in cancer therapy. He has spent the last eleven years of his life as an adjunct professor in the statistics department at BYU doing research in word pattern/authorship associations. He served extensively within the Church, serving as Scoutmaster, Gospel Doctrine teacher, in several Bishopric and High Councils, as Bishop, as Branch President of an Oakland California Cambodian refugee branch, and in a Branch presidency at the MTC. For 19 years. he served on the school board of the Walnut Creek California School District, much of that time as president. He was an enthusiastic backpacker, outdoorsman and conservationist. In later years, he became an avid bird watcher. His most enduring a vocational pursuit, however, involved studying the Book of Mormon. He spent a lifetime studying the geography, history and authorship of the Book of Mormon. For him, this research only served to confirm his unwavering spiritual witness of the divinity of the Book of Mormon and the veracity of its doctrines. John Levi Hilton unexpectedly passed away of cardiac arrest, March 12, 2000, in Provo, Utah. He was 72.
Survived By: His wife, Jan; his sister and four brothers; his children: Lee (Shawna), Courtland (Vicki), Matthew (Janet), Christine (Peter) Anderson, Kimberly (Jim) Cope, Lynne (Dow) Wilson, Janet (Joseph) Hales, Ann (David) Henstrom; and foster daughter, Zetia (Roger) Bradley; and 43 grandchildren.
Services: Stadium Avenue LDS Chapel
Mortuary: Berg Mortuary
Obituary: Berg Mortuary | March 2000
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
Early Life: He was born May 25, 1927, in Woodruff, Arizona, the sixth of eight children to Eugene and Ruth Naomi Savage Hilton. He grew up in Oakland, California.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: He joined the United States Navy during World War II, and served a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil. He married Ruth Janet Fenn on August 7, 1950, in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple. He received a bachelor of science degree from Brigham Young University in Physics and spent much of his professional career in high energy physics research. Among many professional accomplishments, he pioneered the use of neutron radiation in cancer therapy. He has spent the last eleven years of his life as an adjunct professor in the statistics department at BYU doing research in word pattern/authorship associations. He served extensively within the Church, serving as Scoutmaster, Gospel Doctrine teacher, in several Bishopric and High Councils, as Bishop, as Branch President of an Oakland California Cambodian refugee branch, and in a Branch presidency at the MTC. For 19 years. he served on the school board of the Walnut Creek California School District, much of that time as president. He was an enthusiastic backpacker, outdoorsman and conservationist. In later years, he became an avid bird watcher. His most enduring a vocational pursuit, however, involved studying the Book of Mormon. He spent a lifetime studying the geography, history and authorship of the Book of Mormon. For him, this research only served to confirm his unwavering spiritual witness of the divinity of the Book of Mormon and the veracity of its doctrines. John Levi Hilton unexpectedly passed away of cardiac arrest, March 12, 2000, in Provo, Utah. He was 72.
Survived By: His wife, Jan; his sister and four brothers; his children: Lee (Shawna), Courtland (Vicki), Matthew (Janet), Christine (Peter) Anderson, Kimberly (Jim) Cope, Lynne (Dow) Wilson, Janet (Joseph) Hales, Ann (David) Henstrom; and foster daughter, Zetia (Roger) Bradley; and 43 grandchildren.
Services: Stadium Avenue LDS Chapel
Mortuary: Berg Mortuary
Obituary: Berg Mortuary | March 2000
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
VETERAN
US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
Early Life: He was born May 25, 1927, in Woodruff, Arizona, the sixth of eight children to Eugene and Ruth Naomi Savage Hilton. He grew up in Oakland, California.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: He joined the United States Navy during World War II, and served a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil. He married Ruth Janet Fenn on August 7, 1950, in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple. He received a bachelor of science degree from Brigham Young University in Physics and spent much of his professional career in high energy physics research. Among many professional accomplishments, he pioneered the use of neutron radiation in cancer therapy. He has spent the last eleven years of his life as an adjunct professor in the statistics department at BYU doing research in word pattern/authorship associations. He served extensively within the Church, serving as Scoutmaster, Gospel Doctrine teacher, in several Bishopric and High Councils, as Bishop, as Branch President of an Oakland California Cambodian refugee branch, and in a Branch presidency at the MTC. For 19 years. he served on the school board of the Walnut Creek California School District, much of that time as president. He was an enthusiastic backpacker, outdoorsman and conservationist. In later years, he became an avid bird watcher. His most enduring a vocational pursuit, however, involved studying the Book of Mormon. He spent a lifetime studying the geography, history and authorship of the Book of Mormon. For him, this research only served to confirm his unwavering spiritual witness of the divinity of the Book of Mormon and the veracity of its doctrines. John Levi Hilton unexpectedly passed away of cardiac arrest, March 12, 2000, in Provo, Utah. He was 72.
Survived By: His wife, Jan; his sister and four brothers; his children: Lee (Shawna), Courtland (Vicki), Matthew (Janet), Christine (Peter) Anderson, Kimberly (Jim) Cope, Lynne (Dow) Wilson, Janet (Joseph) Hales, Ann (David) Henstrom; and foster daughter, Zetia (Roger) Bradley; and 43 grandchildren.
Services: Stadium Avenue LDS Chapel
Mortuary: Berg Mortuary
Obituary: Berg Mortuary | March 2000
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
Early Life: He was born May 25, 1927, in Woodruff, Arizona, the sixth of eight children to Eugene and Ruth Naomi Savage Hilton. He grew up in Oakland, California.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: He joined the United States Navy during World War II, and served a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil. He married Ruth Janet Fenn on August 7, 1950, in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple. He received a bachelor of science degree from Brigham Young University in Physics and spent much of his professional career in high energy physics research. Among many professional accomplishments, he pioneered the use of neutron radiation in cancer therapy. He has spent the last eleven years of his life as an adjunct professor in the statistics department at BYU doing research in word pattern/authorship associations. He served extensively within the Church, serving as Scoutmaster, Gospel Doctrine teacher, in several Bishopric and High Councils, as Bishop, as Branch President of an Oakland California Cambodian refugee branch, and in a Branch presidency at the MTC. For 19 years. he served on the school board of the Walnut Creek California School District, much of that time as president. He was an enthusiastic backpacker, outdoorsman and conservationist. In later years, he became an avid bird watcher. His most enduring a vocational pursuit, however, involved studying the Book of Mormon. He spent a lifetime studying the geography, history and authorship of the Book of Mormon. For him, this research only served to confirm his unwavering spiritual witness of the divinity of the Book of Mormon and the veracity of its doctrines. John Levi Hilton unexpectedly passed away of cardiac arrest, March 12, 2000, in Provo, Utah. He was 72.
Survived By: His wife, Jan; his sister and four brothers; his children: Lee (Shawna), Courtland (Vicki), Matthew (Janet), Christine (Peter) Anderson, Kimberly (Jim) Cope, Lynne (Dow) Wilson, Janet (Joseph) Hales, Ann (David) Henstrom; and foster daughter, Zetia (Roger) Bradley; and 43 grandchildren.
Services: Stadium Avenue LDS Chapel
Mortuary: Berg Mortuary
Obituary: Berg Mortuary | March 2000
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
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