Shirley M. Hill

1934 - 2025

Shirley M. Hill, (née Lang)
Born: August 3, 1934 in Joliet, IL
Died: November 14, 2025 in Mahomet, IL
Shirley M. Hill, née Lang, 91, of Mahomet, Illinois passed away November 14 at Bridle Brook Assisted Living in Mahomet, IL. She was born to the late Ralph C. Lang and Alice H. Carter Lang, August, 3, 1934 in Joliet, Illinois. She graduated from Joliet Township High School in 1953. She married Donald Eugene Hill on January 8, 1954. Shirley is survived by three children: Elizabeth Edrington (Suzanne Sampson) of Mahomet, Illinois; Valerie Morville (Roger) of Seminole, Florida; and Diana (Darrin) Good of Lincoln, Nebraska. She is also survived by 9 grandchildren: Greg Hill, Scott Hill, Brandan Edrington, Francesca Sampson, Benjamin Maere, Jason Morville, Bryce Morville, Melissa (Morville) Burnett, Samantha Good, and by numerous great-grandchildren.
Shirley lived a full and wonderful life. She and Donald lived in Crest Hill, Illinois until 1967 when they moved downstate to Taylorville, Illinois. In 1980 Shirley and Donald moved to Morris, Illinois where they lived until 2010. Since 2010 Shirley has been living in Mahomet, Illinois. Shirley was a bank teller for most of her life, when she wasn't at home mothering her children. She worked at First National Bank in Joliet, First Trust and Savings Bank in Taylorville, and First Midwest Bank in Morris. She, Donald, and their four children belonged to a camping club in their early years of marriage. They were known as The Rolling Hills and would roll up in their Avion trailer all over the Midwest, including a lake lot they frequented on Lake Taylorville. After they gave up camping, they enjoyed traveling extensively throughout the United States and some travel abroad. During their retirement, Shirley and Donald resumed their love of RV life and spent many a winter in Alamo, Texas enjoying the culture, the warm climate, and many great friendships.
From the time Shirley was a young girl, she was busy creating things. She started knitting at age 12 and continued knitting right up until her death. She was known for knitting personalized Christmas stockings, which she knitted hundreds during her lifetime for friends, family and coworkers. She was also an avid sewist and sewed most of her children's clothing for years. In the early 1990's she became interested in quilting and she made dozens of quilts from the 1990's up until 2015. She also enjoyed embroidering pillowcases. She passed many of these talents on to her daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters as well as many friends along the way. Shirley was an early adopter of technology throughout her life, buying one of the first personal computers in the early 1980's. This trend continued up until her death when she was still texting and using her iPad to read and play games. She instilled in her children the importance of being life-long learners and explorers. She had some funny quirks that made her even more unique: eating popcorn soaked in milk for breakfast; eating Cheetos and drinking Pepsi for breakfast; and reading several newspapers every day out loud to whomever would listen. She passed down some great recipes for homemade rolls and spaghetti sauce, which will live on. During the last years of life she enjoyed her friends at Carriage Crossing Senior Living and Bridle Brook Assisted Living. She enjoyed playing dominoes nearly every night with her friends and attended church services on Sundays.
She loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren very much and she expressed that love through her knitting, sewing and quilting. She loved all of her dogs: Jeep, Tammy, Bitsy Sue Ming, Candy, Misty, Kikko and Mikki Woo. Shirley was preceded in death by her husband Donald Hill in 2012, her son Bryan Hill in 2022, and a grandson, Donald Paul Good in 1989.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bridle Brook Assisted Living & Memory Care Community in Mahomet, Illinois. There will be no public services and a private burial will be held with family later.
Condolences may be offered at www.renner-wikoffchapel.com