Alice Faye Hilton

Alice Faye Hilton age 66 of Dowling, MI was taken into the loving hands of our Lord on February 18, 2010, Alice was born to George and Mary Tolgo on March 28, 1943 in Turner, Michigan. Alice was a loving wife, mother, friend and grandmother. She retired after thirty years of federal service. Alice began her federal career on Sept. 6, 1961 with the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C and transferred in August 1962 to the newly renamed Defense Logistics Services Center which was moving from Washington to Battle Creek, reporting for work in Battle Creek on Jan. 7, 1963. Alice met and married James Hilton, a fellow DLSC employee in 1971. She decided to leave DLSC in 1973 to pursue other interest, one of which was to become a registered nurse, and from 1976 to 1980 she worked as a psychiatric nurse at the VA medical center in Battle Creek, and at the Battle Creek Sanatarium. 1980 brought Alice back to DLSC; she was promoted several times throughout the years and retired March 28, 1998 as a logistic systems analyst. Alice and her family lived in the Lacy area since 1979. She was a member of First Lutheran Church of Charlotte where she had served as Sunday School Teacher and Superintendent. She had volunteered as a foster mother, a Big Sister, a Red Cross Gray Lady, as a member of the Battle Creek Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association, as well as staffing blood pressure clinics. She also had some entrepreneurial talents, in that she set up, and was advisor to the first Junior Achievement Computer Co. in the United States. She also established and chaired Easter baskets each year to shut-ins and nursing homes in the Charlotte and Battle Creek areas. Alice enjoyed “people helping”, music, bowling, spending time with family and grand children. She was preceded in death by Sister, Nancy Tolgo (1966), father, George Tolgo (1994) and mother, Mary Tolgo (2002). She is survived by: husband, James Hilton; son, John (Amy) Hilton; five grandchildren, John Hilton, Jr., Calvin Hilton, Bridgett Hilton, Ashley Henning and Amanda Rooney; 12 brothers and sisters; many nieces & nephews and grand nieces & nephews. Per Alice’s wishes, her body has been donated to the University of Michigan Anatomical Donation Program. A Memorial Service will be held at 4:00 P.M. Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the First Lutheran Church, 550 E. Shepherd St., Charlotte, MI. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the University of Mich., Anatomical Donation Program, 1137 E. Catherine St., 3626 Medical Science Bldg. 2, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0608, or to the First Lutheran Church, 550 E. Shepherd St., Charlotte, MI 48813. www.burkhead-greenfuneralhome.com.