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EB Hilton Obituary
EB was a veteran of WWII serving in Europe. He fought in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. As a Timberwolf he participated in the liberation of Mittel Bau Dora, a Nazi slave camp in Nordhausen, Germany.
He was a student at Princeton and also taught flight mechanics and radio communications at the university prior to deployment. In 1948, he graduated from UCLA with a degree in engineering. He was the design engineer for many major California hospitals including Mercy Medical Center in Redding.
He is survived by Solange, his wife of 68 years, daughter Linda, grandchildren Christopher and Rachel, brothers Charles and Bill, four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his sisters Marguerite and Pauline.
Services will be held at Allen & Dahl followed by internment at Veterans Cemetery in Igo on October 1, 2010 followed by a celebration of his life at the home of his niece, Barbara, in Cottonwood.
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Saul Epstein
September 29, 2010
My friendship with EB (and Sally) extends back over 60 years to our student days at UCLA in 1946. I miss the (about weekly) dinners out that my wife, Timmy and I enjoyed with EB and Sally for many years.
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