Francis Leslie Hilliard, 92, formerly of Bellows Falls, Vermont passed away Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. He is predeceased by his wife Doris (Grout) Hilliard, whom he married Oct. 1, 1960. Francis was born Nov. 7, 1924, to Adelaide Hilliard in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
He attended school in Charlestown prior to joining the Navy in 1943 to serve his country during World War II. Before retiring in 1986, he worked for 35 years at the Fellows Gear Shaper Corporation in Springfield, Vermont, as a machinist/assemblyman, where he was known as “Butch." After marrying, he moved to Bellows Falls where he resided until December of 2009 when he moved to Beachwood, Ohio to live with his daughter, her husband and their two sons.
He is survived by his daughter, Betty Hilliard; son-in-law E. Rene Rodriguez; grandsons Jonathan and Duncan Rodriguez; his sister, Nancy Bogle of Claremont and brother-in-law, Brian; as well several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Pine Grove Cemetery in Alstead.
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