Shirley Hill

Shirley Mae Hill Mahomet - Shirley M. Hill, née Lang, 91, of Mahomet passed away Friday (Nov. 14, 2025) at Bridle Brook Assisted Living, Mahomet. She was born to the late Ralph C. Lang and Alice H. Carter Lang on Aug., 3, 1934, in Joliet. She graduated from Joliet Township High School in 1953. She married Donald Eugene Hill on Jan. 8, 1954. Shirley is survived by three children, Elizabeth Edrington (Suzanne Sampson) of Mahomet, Valerie Morville (Roger) of Seminole, Fla., and Diana (Darrin) Good of Lincoln, Neb. She is also survived by nine grandchildren, Greg Hill, Scott Hill, Brandan Edrington, Francesca Sampson, Benjamin Maere, Jason Morville, Bryce Morville, Melissa (Morville) Burnett and Samantha Good; and numerous great- grandchildren. Shirley lived a full and wonderful life. She and Donald lived in Crest Hill until 1967, when they moved downstate to Taylorville. In 1980, Shirley and Donald moved to Morris, where they lived until 2010. Since 2010, Shirley has been living in Mahomet. 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 U.S. 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, 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 1990s, she became interested in quilting and made dozens of quilts from the 1990s 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 1980s. 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 lifelong 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 whoever 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; son Bryan Hill in 2022; and grandson Donald Paul Good in 1989. Memorial contributions may be made to Bridle Brook Assisted Living & Memory Care Community, Mahomet. There will be no public services, and a private burial will be held with family later. Condolences may be offered at renner-wikoffchapel.com.