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Billy Fath Obituary

HILLSBORO - Billy E. Fath, 80, Hillsboro, retired from Caterpillar Inc., died Saturday (May 7, 2011). Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Hough & Sons Funeral Home, Hillsboro. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday. Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsboro. Memorials: Hillsboro High School athletics or MCAA. Send condolences: www.houghfuneralhome.com. Survivors: sons, Tom Fath, LaPlace; Roger Fath, Hillsboro; daughters, Karen Beard, Lutz, Fla.; Amy Fath, Hillsboro; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Preceded by: parents and wife, Alice. Online guest book at http://legacy.com/obituaries/herald-review/

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Published by Decatur Herald & Review on May 8, 2011.

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Israel Hilton

May 10, 2011

Tom and family,

I am terrible sorry to hear about the loss of your father. I hope that you can find peace in Gods words and that you will find comfort in them. May God bless you all.

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