Athena Hill

Our beloved daughter and sister Athena Marie has chosen to leave us to be with the Lord. Athena was an active and loving person who enjoyed helping people in every way, she was a camp counselor at Camp Y-Noah, helped rebuild homes with Habitat for Humanity, helped rebuild New Orleans after Katrina and served her country in the National Guard including being deployed to Kuwait for 10 months. During the last months of her life she was doing what came naturally to her and what she loved doing, serving people who were not as fortunate as herself. Athena was a 2008 graduate of Jackson High School and some of the happiest times of her life were spent playing and marching with the Jackson High School band. While attending the University of Akron school of engineering she played and marched in the university band. Her love of music was a central theme of her life and playing piano, clarinet, guitar and drums was a great joy. Athena joined the Navy Sea Cadets while in high school and continued her military service while in college. She was attached to the Ohio National Guard Company A, 237th BSB from Cleveland Ohio and was deployed to Kuwait from June 2013 to March 2014 with the Ohio National Guard 371st Sustainment Brigade out of Springfield Ohio. Athena was a proud American and loved serving her country in the National Guard. Athena was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Frank O. Hill and George H. Curley. She is survived by her parents Frank and Carolyn Hill; sisters Mary, Christina and Katherine; grandmothers Athena Curley and Donna Hill; aunts and uncles, Frances Cornell, Elaine (Randy) Herwig, Harry (Jennifer) Curley, Richard Hill and Mary (Jay) Kruse; cousins Ryan and Vanessa Cornell, Laura and Elizabeth Hill, George and Audrey Curley, Cyril, Grace and Joseph Kruse and many other family and friends all over the world. All of our memories of Athena are wonderful and the twenty-five years we had to love her were a blessing that we will cherish forever. Her departure leaves a hole in our hearts that will never completely heal but we can hope and pray that her beautiful soul is finally at peace. A Service will be held Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 11 a.m. at St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church, 251 25th St. NW, Canton, OH 44709 with Fr. Nicholas V. Gamvas, Fr. Jerry F. Hall and Deacon Keric Shiepis officiating. Interment at Western Reserve National Cemetery Monday, November 9, 2015 at 12:30pm. Friends may call on Saturday one hour prior to the Service at the church or at Hummel Funeral Home, 500 East Exchange St. on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m., where the Trisagion Service will take place at 7 p.m. with Fr. Jerry F. Hall officiating. Memorials may be made to St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church, 251 25th St. NW, Canton, OH 44709, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Building Fund, 129 S. Union St., Akron, OH 44304 or Habitat for Humanity, 2301 Romig Rd., Akron, OH 44320.