Melvin Mitchell Hilton

1924 - 1990  (66 years)

• Name	Melvin Mitchell Hilton
  Birth	5 Feb 1924
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Sep 1990
  Person ID	I73017	Stewartsny
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Whiting Mitchell Hilton,   b. 23 Mar 1893, Ipswich, Edmunds, South Dakota, USA d. Feb 1985 (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bernice Amelia Barker,   b. 14 Mar 1900, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States d. 22 Jul 1953, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, United States (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 May 1918  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F24487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jean Merle Cole
  Family ID	F24510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Melvin Mitchell Hilton - February 5, 1924 - September 1, 1990. Military Service: Veteran of the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, with service from March 27, 1943 to October 21, 1945. Son of Whiting Mitchell and Bernice Amelia Barker Hilton. Husband of Jean Merle Cole Hilton. Married October 8, 1949 at Orwell, New York. Newspaper Obituary - Sunday, September 2, 1990 Syracuse Herald American - Syracuse, New York - Melvin M. Hilton, 66, of Lakeland, Florida, died Saturday at the home of his brother in Orwell after a long illness. He was born in Orwell and lived in Florida for the past 35 years. He worked as a machinist for the Crown Cork and Seal Company of Bartow, Florida. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and was a member of the Orange Blossom Basha of the China, Burma and India Veterans Organization. He was a member of the Orwell Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Jean; a son, Lance Hilton of Lakeland, Florida; three daughters, Melva Laynes and Yvonne Still, both of Lakeland, Florida, and Colleen Hilton of Cincinnati, Ohio; a brother, Jack Hilton of Orwell; a sister, Joyce Watson of Tulsa, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Graveside memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Evergreen Cemetery in Orwell. There are no calling hours. Contributions may be made to Oswego County Hospice or to the Orwell United Methodist Church. Traub Funeral Home, Central Square, is in charge of arrangements. MELVIN M. HILTON Syracuse Herald American (NY) - September 2, 1990Browse Issues Melvin M. Hilton, 66, of Lakeland, Fla., died Saturday at the home of his brother in Orwell after a long illness. He was born in Orwell and lived in Florida for the past 35 years. He worked as a machinist for the Crown Cork and Seal Co. of Bartow, Fla. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and was a member of the Orange Blossom Basha of the China, Burma and India Veterans Organization. He was a member of the Orwell Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Jean; a son, Lance Hilton of Lakeland, Fla.; three daughters, Melva Laynes and Yvonne Still, both of Lakeland, Fla., and Colleen Hilton of Cincinnati, Ohio.; a brother, Jack Hilton of Orwell; a sister, Joyce Watson of Tulsa, Okla.; eight grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Graveside memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Evergreen Cemetery in Orwell. There are no calling hours. Contributions may be made to Oswego County Hospice or to the Orwell United Methodist Church. Traub Funeral Home, Central Square, is in charge of arrangements.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online. Record for Bernice Amelia Barker [S665] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;), Database online. Record for Bernice Amelia Barker