Visitation:
Friday, February 11, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00
p.m. at Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Rosary: 4:30 p.m.
Friday at the funeral home
Service:
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. on
Saturday, February 12, 2022, at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church in Elkhart.
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Julia "Julie" E. Oberreiter Hill, 81,
of Elkhart, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2022,
at Springfield Memorial Medical Center.
Visitation will be Friday, February 11, 2022, from
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at Peasley Funeral Home in
Lincoln. A Rosary Service will begin at 4:30 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. on
Saturday, February 12, 2022, at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church in Elkhart.
Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in
Lincoln. The cremains of Julie's best friend, canine
companion Petey, will be laid to rest with her.
Julia Eileen Smith was born April 14, 1940, in
Lincoln, the daughter of Ray and Virginia Hanahan
Smith. She first married Walter James “Sonny”
Oberreiter on January 6, 1962. She later married
Lawrence "Larry" Hill on September 21, 2013. He
preceded her in death on April 12, 2017.
Julie is survived by one son: Michael (Emily)
Oberreiter; three daughters: Theresa (Jay Fritzsche)
Clancy, Mary (Tom) Fine, and Donna (Rod) Boyd; seven
grandchildren: Mackenzie Morrison, Jonathan
Oberreiter, Haley Fine, Peyton Fine, Brandon Fine,
Ryan Boyd, and Emma Boyd; two great-grandchildren:
Brecklyn Morrison and Madison Morrison; four
siblings: Ann Thoele, Mary Rudin, Raymond Smith, and
Carolyn Pirrera. |
She was preceded in death by two
brothers: John Smith and Charles Smith.
Julie graduated from Elkhart Community High School
in 1958 and then St. John's School of Nursing in
1961. She worked for five years in neurology and
extended care at St. John's Hospital, followed by 40
years at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in
intensive care and then emergency services from
which she retired in 2006.
She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church
and a former member of the Elkhart Fire Department
Auxiliary. Her hobbies included crossword puzzles
and reading. Above all else Julie valued spending
time with her family.
Memorials may be made to St. Patrick's Catholic
Church or Elkhart Fire Department.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley
Funeral Home of Lincoln.
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