Hilton was the 3rd of 4 children of Alfred Sullivan Osborn and his wife Reta Ann Markham. He married Auda Leona Spriggs in Los Angeles Co., California, on 13 Jun 1942. They had 4 children, 2 sons and 2 daughters. He spent most of his working life in the lumber/wood products industry. The family lived in Chico, California, for a number of years where their last 3 children were born and where Hilton was president of Claremont Wood Products and vice president of Lumber Dryers.
His official date of death as given by the California and US Social Security death indices and his grave stone is 8 August, however his Redding obituary states that he died on Saturday, 7 August 1993. Some family members believed he probably died in the nursing home in the night of 7 August but his death was not medically certified until the next day, Sunday, 8 August.
His obituary appeared in the Redding Record-Searchlight, Monday, 9 Aug 1993, p. A-11 (reproduced in Del Osborn's "Hogaboom" book):
Hilton Osborn
Services for Hilton Markham Osborn, 81 of Redding will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Allen & Dahl Funeral Chapel in Redding.
Burial will be at Corning Cemetery.
Mr. Osborn died Saturday, Aug. 7, 1993, at Canyonwood Nursing Center in Redding.
Born Aug. 22, 1911, in Hilt, he moved to Shasta County in 1991 from Stockton.
He was a self-employed lumberman.
Survivors include sons Ken of Redding and Tom of Stockton; daughters Toni Freeman of Modesto and Lisa Lang of Petaluma; brother Al of Ukiah; and three grandchildren.
His official date of death as given by the California and US Social Security death indices and his grave stone is 8 August, however his Redding obituary states that he died on Saturday, 7 August 1993. Some family members believed he probably died in the nursing home in the night of 7 August but his death was not medically certified until the next day, Sunday, 8 August.
His obituary appeared in the Redding Record-Searchlight, Monday, 9 Aug 1993, p. A-11 (reproduced in Del Osborn's "Hogaboom" book):
Hilton Osborn
Services for Hilton Markham Osborn, 81 of Redding will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Allen & Dahl Funeral Chapel in Redding.
Burial will be at Corning Cemetery.
Mr. Osborn died Saturday, Aug. 7, 1993, at Canyonwood Nursing Center in Redding.
Born Aug. 22, 1911, in Hilt, he moved to Shasta County in 1991 from Stockton.
He was a self-employed lumberman.
Survivors include sons Ken of Redding and Tom of Stockton; daughters Toni Freeman of Modesto and Lisa Lang of Petaluma; brother Al of Ukiah; and three grandchildren.
Hilton was the 3rd of 4 children of Alfred Sullivan Osborn and his wife Reta Ann Markham. He married Auda Leona Spriggs in Los Angeles Co., California, on 13 Jun 1942. They had 4 children, 2 sons and 2 daughters. He spent most of his working life in the lumber/wood products industry. The family lived in Chico, California, for a number of years where their last 3 children were born and where Hilton was president of Claremont Wood Products and vice president of Lumber Dryers.
His official date of death as given by the California and US Social Security death indices and his grave stone is 8 August, however his Redding obituary states that he died on Saturday, 7 August 1993. Some family members believed he probably died in the nursing home in the night of 7 August but his death was not medically certified until the next day, Sunday, 8 August.
His obituary appeared in the Redding Record-Searchlight, Monday, 9 Aug 1993, p. A-11 (reproduced in Del Osborn's "Hogaboom" book):
Hilton Osborn
Services for Hilton Markham Osborn, 81 of Redding will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Allen & Dahl Funeral Chapel in Redding.
Burial will be at Corning Cemetery.
Mr. Osborn died Saturday, Aug. 7, 1993, at Canyonwood Nursing Center in Redding.
Born Aug. 22, 1911, in Hilt, he moved to Shasta County in 1991 from Stockton.
He was a self-employed lumberman.
Survivors include sons Ken of Redding and Tom of Stockton; daughters Toni Freeman of Modesto and Lisa Lang of Petaluma; brother Al of Ukiah; and three grandchildren.
His official date of death as given by the California and US Social Security death indices and his grave stone is 8 August, however his Redding obituary states that he died on Saturday, 7 August 1993. Some family members believed he probably died in the nursing home in the night of 7 August but his death was not medically certified until the next day, Sunday, 8 August.
His obituary appeared in the Redding Record-Searchlight, Monday, 9 Aug 1993, p. A-11 (reproduced in Del Osborn's "Hogaboom" book):
Hilton Osborn
Services for Hilton Markham Osborn, 81 of Redding will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Allen & Dahl Funeral Chapel in Redding.
Burial will be at Corning Cemetery.
Mr. Osborn died Saturday, Aug. 7, 1993, at Canyonwood Nursing Center in Redding.
Born Aug. 22, 1911, in Hilt, he moved to Shasta County in 1991 from Stockton.
He was a self-employed lumberman.
Survivors include sons Ken of Redding and Tom of Stockton; daughters Toni Freeman of Modesto and Lisa Lang of Petaluma; brother Al of Ukiah; and three grandchildren.
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