Lorna Hill

passed away on Friday, January 13, 2012 at her home in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on April 15, 1934 and was 77 years of age.She was a member of the Suquamish Tribe and raised in Indianola, WA along with her six siblings.She enjoyed hiking through the woods and making new trails. Her favorite thing to do was swim at the Indianola dock in the Summers. She was an excellent harvester when it came to Clam digging or Fishing. She found her love of Catalog Shopping at a young age she would sit for hours putting together outfits from various vendors. She moved to Seattle in her mid 30's to finish raising her children.She spent half of her life at home on the Rez and the other half in Seattle, moving home to the Rez in the final years of her life where she found her first job as a Greeter at the Clearwater Casino. There she would meet many new friends and become reacquainted with old ones. Her fellow employees gave her the nickname "Hollywood" as she was always dressed as one with absolute style and her trademark shades! She was considered by many as "Mom" or "Grandma".She enjoyed her travels with the tribal elders especially her best friend Betty Peck, traveling with her sons to Florida (Bryan) Hawaii (George). She was an absolute animal lover having an average of no less then 10 pets at a time mostly cats/dogs and an occasional rat or hedgehog. She enjoyed yard/garage sailing and going to her favorite stores Ross/Goodwill, when not working/shopping she enjoyed working in her beautiful gardens and decorating the house. Her favorite shows were Criminal Minds, Law Order, CSI Miami; Vegas; New York, ID Tv, the History Channel and of course Channel 9. She loved music from the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, Eminem, Tupac, Big Band music and of course Elvis!She loved all of her Grand/Great/Great Great Grand Children immensely. Even in her final months She lived her life in the moment never fearing the inevitable. Lorna is survived by her siblings: Marilyn Wandrey (Doug) and CeCelia Hawk both of Suquamish, children: Bryan R. Gladstone (Julia) of Port Orchard, WA, Clyf H. Gladstone and Mark A. Lewis (Lisa) of Suquamish, Bardow M. Lewis of Seattle, Carey J. Webster of Poulsbo, Matthew K. Hawk (Kim) of Suquamish, George C. Hill Jr. (Debra) of Indianola and Angela A. Hill of Poulsbo. She also leaves behind her best friend and travel companion Betty Peck. Lorna was preceded in death by her parents Lawrence "Web" Webster and Mary Webster, siblings: Lawrence Webster Jr., Clifford Webster, Dennis Webster also her husband George C Hill Sr. and son David Scott Hill.Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visitation on Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 11 AM - 12:45 PM at The Suquamish Community House in Suquamish, WA. The funeral will begin at 1:00 PM. A reception will follow the service. Please sign the online Guest Book for the family.