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Date: 19 Sep 2003 10:51:45 -0600

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Imogene 'Teddy' Hill

Imogene "Teddy" Hill was to be buried today alongside her husband at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Born Feb. 26, 1927, in Fairbank, Pa., she died Sept. 4, 2003, at Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento with her family by her side. She was 78 years old.

She had a rich heritage of interest in education, service to and a love for others throughout her life. She was featured in Neighbors Magazine in 1991 and was quoted as saying, "The four big things for me are my family and friends, the stage, teaching and real estate. Those have been the fabric of my life."

As a child of 3, she acted on the vaudeville stages of Pittsburgh, Pa. She was Little Imogene, a diminutive bundle of energy, who tried to steal the show from the likes of Cab Calloway and Dick Powell. She and her brother Aldino, also a dancer, entertained as a brother/sister act on local stages in and around the Pittsburgh area.

During World War II, she studied at Temple University in Philadelphia, graduating in 1946. While there, she starred in a production of "Junior Miss" and was awarded a listing of "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities."

In 1949, she married a young West Point graduate from the Class of 1946, Steven Hilovsky. He later changed his name to Hill. She traveled with him around the world on assignments.

>From 1962 to 1964 they lived in Palo Alto, where she taught elementary school in the Whisman School District in Mountain View. One of her students was Steven Jobs, founder of Apple Computer Corp. Jobs, who was in her fourth-grade class, called her "one of the saints in my life," and has credited her with being a strong influence in his success.

After their assignment in Mountain View, the Hills traveled to the island of Guam. While there, she produced and directed a production of the musical "Bye, Bye Birdie." Upon returning to California, she taught at Del Dayo Elementary School in Sacramento's San Juan Unified School District, where her daughter, Karen Hill Garman, now teaches art.

Mrs. Hill also enrolled at UC Davis. In the early 1970s, while in her 50s, she earned a master of arts degree. She also studied in India and was named a Fulbright Scholar in 1976.

In 1977, she was recognized for her many achievements and dedication to teaching by being selected by the California Teachers Association as the San Juan School District's Teacher of the Year.

More recently, she had been a real estate entrepreneur and a civic leader in North Sacramento, a community for which she had long fought, in hopes of having it achieve what she described as "its ultimate potential."

She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Steven Hill, who died March 14, 1989, and her brother, Aldino Guerrieri of Mechanicsburg, Pa., who died in 2001.

She is survived by a brother, Robert Guerrieri and his wife Gloria of Lower Burrell, Pa.; a sister-in-law, Ruth Guerrieri of Mechanicsburg, Pa.; a daughter, Karen Hill Garman of Davis; two sons, Steven E. Hill and Richard Hill and his wife Ruby; and five grandchildren, Steven Morgan Garman, Flannery Hill, Jonas Hill, Lee Ann Hill and Virginia Hill.

Private services were to be held today at Arlington National Cemetery.

(Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," Friday, September 19, 2003, (Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>;. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)

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