Peggy J. Hill, age 89, passed away peacefully in her home on April 28, 2023. Peg was born on June 13, 1933, in Duluth, MN to Peter and Myrtle Pederson. She graduated in 1951 from Denfeld High School, where she met her husband, Jim “Jumbo” Hill. They married in the fall of 1952. Peggy was actively involved in various local organizations: She was President of the Ensign PTA, President of the Skyview Women’s Golf Club, served as a Board Member of the Greater Denfeld Foundation, and was a member of the Duluth Ambassadors.
St. Albans Operating Company is doing business as Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center.
SavaSeniorCare Administrative and Consulting was also named as a defendant in the suit.
Peggy J. Hill was admitted to Riverside on April 12, 2019, and during her residency, the defendants failed to provide her a safe environment and failed to provide adequate supervision to prevent her from suffering from falls, according to a complaint filed in Kanawha Circuit Court.
Lovell D. Hill Jr. claims his mother suffered from a fall, a left hip fracture, incisional wound dehiscence, left hip prosthetic joint infection and sepsis.
The defendants negligence ultimately caused Peggy Hill s death, according to the suit.