George G. Hill Jr. of Saint Augustine Beach, Florida, died on November 12, 2020 at the age of 67. He passed away in his home, surrounded by his loving family.
George was born in New Jersey in 1953. His parents were George G. Hill and his wife, Marcia Bissell Hill of East Orange, NJ. In 1955 they moved to Livingston, where George Jr. grew up. After graduating from college, George lived in South Brunswick, NJ and Washington, DC. He married Margianne (Margie) Wilson in 1979, after which they had a year’s honeymoon in Europe camping. The young couple then settled down in New Hampshire for 36 years. His wife, Margie, retired from teaching in 2016 and they moved to Saint Augustine Beach. George retired in 2017.
George graduated in the top 10% from Livingston High School in 1971 and was a three-letter athlete in football, basketball, and baseball. He graduated with a BA with Distinction in Geography from Rutgers University in 1975, lettered in soccer three years and was co-captain of the team his senior year. The luckiest day of his life came at a college dance in 1973 when he met his love and soulmate, Margie, a senior at the time at Douglass College (the women’s school of Rutgers). After his graduation from Rutgers, he began a 40-plus year career in data processing, ending as a data warehouse executive advisor.
George is survived by his wife, Margianne “Delightful” Hill, as he lovingly called her, and two children, Brendan andAlison Hill. George has four surviving sisters, Nancy Hill Rosenthal, Betsy Hill Schechter, Joanne Hill Molter, and Carolyn Hill Franca.
George loved hiking, crosscountry skiing, tennis, biking, camping, dancing, body surfing/ boogie boarding, playing guitar, listening to music among other things. He attended Woodstock in 1969 with his life-long friend, David Cooney. In retirement, George and Margie bought an RV and spent summers touring America the Beautiful.
In lieu offlowers, take a moment and go outside and marvel at the beauty and wonder of our natural world and universe.
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