Born ‎ Jul 7, 1910 at Vestaberg, Montcalm County, Michigan, died ‎ Jul 10, 1984 at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon‎, 74 years, buried ‎ at Ocean View Cemetery, Warrenton, Clatsop County, Oregon


Obituary:
Cassius Hillard
July 7, 1910 - July 10, 1984

Astoria shipwright Cassius K. "Captain" Hillard died Tuesday inAstoria. He was 74.

Mr. Hillard was born July 7, 1910, the son of Jolly and Maggie ReslerHillard, in Montcalm County, Michigan. He moved to Astoria as a boyand attended classes here. He worked for Astoria Marine Constructionas a shipwright for 30 years until his retirement in 1961. He went towork for the state Highway Division in 1964 building drawbridges. Heretired from that job in 1974.
Sept. 30, 1937 he married Marion Roberts in Astoria. She survives.Also surviving are two brothers, Owen Hillard, Astoria and MarkHillard, The Dalles; Eileen Smith, South Naknek, Alaska; two grandsonsRick Farley, Salt Lake City, and Michael Farley, Kerns, Utah; agranddaughter Michelle Dean, Layton, Utah; nine great-grandchildren;numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Hughes-Ransom Mortuary,Astoria. Memorial contributions be made to the Star of the Sea SchoolFund.

In Memory Of
Vassius K. "Capt." Hillard
Born
July 7, 1910 in Montcalm County, Michigan
Passed Away
July 10, 1984 in Astoria, Oregon
Services
Hughes-Ransom Memorial Chapel
July 13, 1984 1:00 p.m.
Officiating
Rev. Richard Hunegar
St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Organist
Mildred Larson
Vocalist
Karen Soderberg
Concluding Services
Creamation
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary
Astoria, Oregon
Ashes are buried with spouse at Ocean View Cemetery, Warrenton,Oregon.

Born ‎ May 6, 1914 at Staples, Todd County, Minnesota, died ‎ Oct 1988 at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon‎, 74 years, buried ‎ at Ocean View Cemetery, Warrenton, Clatsop County, Oregon