Patricia Hilton

Patricia Hilton, age 69, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Three Rivers Community Hospital.

No services are planned. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Remembrances may be made to AAUW, PO Box 1812, Grants Pass, Oregon 97528.

Patricia was born September 10, 1941 in Lansing, Michigan. She graduated with a Bachelors degree in Communications from Michigan State University. While in high school she met James P. Hilton and they were later married on February 14, 1964 in Lansing, Michigan. She founded the Women’s Resource Center in Michigan. She lived most of her life in Michigan until moving to Medford, Oregon where she lived for three years and then moved to Grants Pass eight years ago.

Patricia especially enjoyed being a wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a member of the American Association of University Women and was politically active all her life.

Survivors include her husband, James Hilton of Grants Pass, Oregon; three children, David Hilton of Germany, John Hilton of San Francisco, California, and Ann Hilton-Adams of Seattle, Washington; three sisters; and three grandchildren.