Franklyn Chapman Hill Jr.

Franklyn Chapman Hill Jr. A longtime neurologist in the Bay Area, passed away suddenly on June 21, 2008, at the age of 81. Born in 1926, he graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1946, and attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He served an internship at the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, followed by residencies in pathology, internal medicine, and neurology. Dr. Hill met Martha Jean Roberts while in residency at Jefferson Hospital, in Philadelphia. Later, while he was a neurology resident at Stanford Hospital in San Francisco, she moved there to work at St. Francis Hospital, and they married in 1959. Franklyn C. Hill was in private practice for 40 years, and was on the staff of Highland, Alta Bates, Alameda, and Summit Hospitals. He was a lt. commander in the U.S. Navy, past president of the S.F. Neurological Society, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He enjoyed fishing, hiking, tennis, and the opera. Dr. Hill is survived by his wife of 49 years Martha Hill; daughters, Elizabeth, Anne, Martha, and Sarah; seven grandchildren; his brother David, and 11 nieces and nephews. Services will be held on Monday, June 30th, 3 p.m., at Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Ave., Oakland.