HILL, Edward Elmer

December 13, 1937 - September 6, 2005. Loving and cherished wife Barbara (Nichols) (Manitoulin). Proud and loving father of Richard and Betty Nichols (Soo), Bonnie and Morris Hore (Manitoulin), Wendy and Dan Schmidt (Soo), Carol and Danny James (Searchmont), Melody and Murray Hore (Manitoulin), Allison Coulam and friend Merle Idle (Manitoulin) and Ean (Manitoulin). Grandfather of 20 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Beloved son of Toivo and Ella Hill, predeceased. Loving brother and brother-in-law of Wayne (Jackie), Dianna, Arthur, George (Barbara), Dorothy Hill and Morgan Frolick, all of the Soo. Predeceased by brother Walter and sister Darlene Frolick and son-in-law Arleigh Coulam. Ed was born in Sault Ste. Marie. He married Barbara in January 1958. Ed worked for the City of Sault Ste. Marie and raised horses before moving to Manitoulin Island in 1972, working at a sawmill in Meldrum Bay. He then got a construction job, before moving to Alberta in 1981, moving back to the Manitoulin in 1984. Ed worked construction again before his health deteriorated and he had to retire. He loved spending time with family and friends, playing the harmonicas, farming and gardening.