Daughter of James Hiram and Hattie (Graham) Hodges

Married (1): Jason Green on November 10, 1911

Married (2): Burt William Daugherty on March 9, 1912

Married (3): Ira Charles Camp on June 6, 1914

Married (4): Frank Ross Estel on October 25, 1919

Married (5): Willis Hills

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1900 FEDERAL CENUS Rollin Township-Lenawee County, Michigan
Living with parents: James H. and Hattie S. Hodges; siblings: Eddie, Flossie M. and Alice E. Hodges

1910 FEDERAL CENSUS Hudson City (1st Ward)-Lenawee County, Michigan
Living with father: James H. Hodges; siblings: Flossie M. and Alice E. Hodges
Attending School

1920 FEDERAL CENSUS Hillsdale City (2nd Ward)-Hillsdale County, Michigan
Living with husband: Frank Ross (Catel): step-son: Dale (Catel); in-laws: William and Ella (Catel); brother-in-law: Clifford (Catel)
OCCUPATION: None
RESIDENCE: North Manning Street

1930 FEDERAL CENSUS Hillsdale City (4th Ward)-Hillsdale County, Michigan
Living with husband: Frank Estel; children: Jennie, Dorothy, Robert and Paul Estel; Servant: Frieda Berrington
OCCUPATION: Seamstress-Garment Factory
RESIDENCE: 166 Griswold

1940 FEDERAL CENSUS Cambria Township-Hillsdale County, Michigan
Living with husband: Frank Estel; children: Dorothy, Robert, Paul and Norman Estel; son-in-law and daughter: Harold and Jennie Baughman
OCCUPATION: Seamstress-Factory
RESIDENCE: Reading Road

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OBITUARY: Hillsdale Daily News, November 24, 1983

Mary Estel Hills

Mary Estel Hills, 88, of 492 W. Carleton Road, Hillsdale, died Tuesday (Nov. 20, 1983) at the Hillsdale Medical Care Facility after and extended illness.

Mrs. Hills was born July 5, 1895, in Lenawee County, the daughter of James and Hattie Graham Hodges. She lived most of her life in Hillsdale County, where she had worked as a seamstress at the Hillsdale Manufacturing Co.

Mrs. Hills had been a member of the Salvation Army church in Hillsdale and for many years had been the recording secretary for the Ladies' Home League.

In 1919, Mary Hodges was wed to Frank Estel who died in 1957. In 1964 she married Willis Hills, who survives.

Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Harold (Dorothy) Baughman of Osseo, three sons, Robert Estel of Hillsdale, Paul Estel of California, and Norman Estel of Niles, 23 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

The funeral service for Mrs. Hills will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Salvation Army citadel in Hillsdale, with Lt. Stephen Woodbury officiating. Burial will follow in Lake view Cemetery, Hillsdale. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Ned M Towns Funeral Home in Morth Adams.

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