Obituary: Ann “Nancy” Gilbride Hill
DEDHAM, Mass. - Ann “Nancy” Gilbride Hill died peacefully of complications from dementia on April 13, 2021 in Dedham, Mass. She .
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Ann “Nancy” Gilbride Hill
DEDHAM, Mass. – Ann “Nancy” Gilbride Hill died peacefully of complications from dementia on April 13, 2021 in Dedham, Mass. She was 90 years old.
Born on July 10, 1930 in Lowell, Mass., the third of Henry and Helen Gilbride’s four daughters, Nancy graduated from Lowell High School in 1947 and the Columbia University School of Nursing at Presbyterian Hospital in 1952. While in New York she began her nursing career and met Kevin Hill, a medical student from Waterville, Maine. The two were married on June 28, 1956, and settled in the old West End close to her work at Mass. General Hospital and his residency at Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Friends recall Waterville’s first woman mayor, Ann ‘Nancy’ Hill
Hill, who died earlier in April, was the city s first female mayor, having been elected in 1981 after having previously served two terms as a city councilor.
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WATERVILLE It is hard to capture all that Ann Hill accomplished and meant to the city of Waterville, having been its first female mayor, a two-term city councilor and volunteer on many boards and committees during her many years here.
Ann “Nancy” Hill
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Beyond that, Hill, who preferred to be called “Nancy,” was a devoted mother and grandmother, loyal friend and champion for all things Colby College, loved art and cinema and never missed attending the annual Maine International Film Festival.