Deon Pearl Hill Hemingway passed away quietly at the home of her daughter Susan Wall of Smithfield, Utah, early Friday morning, May 11,2007.

Born February 6, 1924, at Irwin, Bonneville County, Idaho to Henry and Elnora Ellis Hill, she was one of 12 children. She was raised on the Bear Creek Ranch, which is now covered by the waters of the Palisades Reservoir. She graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1942, and then worked at First Security Bank, until she joined the United States Navy as a WAVE (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services) in September 1944. She served in the Washington DC until her discharge in July of 1946.

Afterward she attended Utah State University, in Logan, Utah, where she met Allan Hemingway. They were married on July 19, 1947 and later were later sealed in the Logan temple on February 21, 1950.

She was a mother and homemaker until she became employed by the City of Ammon, Idaho as the city clerk from 1970 to 1986 She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served in the Primary and Relief Society, and as a temple worker. She and her husband served a mission in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mission from 1988-89. She and her husband served as the genealogical name extraction coordinators for their stake in Idaho Falls for many years.

In 2002 she and her husband moved to Logan, living first at Pioneer Valley Lodge, then at Legacy House. She was preceded in death by her husband who died in April 2006.

She is survived by five children: Harriet Wheeler, Keystone Heights, Florida, Randy Hemingway, West Jordan, Utah, Susan Wall, Smithfield, Utah, Jim Hemingway, Provo Utah, and Debbie Hemingway, West Jordan Utah. She has nineteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Four brothers also survive: Lloyd E. Hill, Boise, Idaho, Max D. Hill, Nampa Idaho, Ervin S. Hill Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Merlin W. Hill, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at noon at the Smithfield Utah Stake Center, 600 East 120 South, Smithfield Utah. A viewing will be held on Monday, May 14, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM a the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center, Logan, Utah, and prior to services on Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:30 AM. Interment will be at the Smithfield Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at Allen Mortuaries.

The family wishes to express appreciation to the staff of Legacy House and the personnel from Access Hospice. Special thanks to Thelma Rowley, her trusted friend and hospice aide.