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Durwin Hill, 82, went home to be with the Lord peacefully at home with his wife Donna by his side on October 7, 2021. Durwin was born in San Angelo, Texas to Loma and Allen Hill and was raised in San Saba, Texas. He graduated from San Saba High School in 1957. He attended Tarleton State University and this is where he met and married Paula Bell in 1959. Durwin earned a Bachelors of Science in Vocational Agriculture from Texas Tech University and a Masters of Education from Texas A&M University.
Durwin taught Vocational Agriculture high school students in Graham, Texas and College Station, Texas. He then became the Area Supervisor for the Texas Education Agency where he supervised Vocational Agriculture programs in the Central Texas area. He then served as the Executive Secretary of the Texas FFA Association where he mentored the state officers and planned and supervised the Texas FFA Convention each year. Durwin retired from the Texas Education Agency after 25 years of service.
Durwin loved the Future Farmers of America and vocational agriculture and passionately believed in their mission to develop students into leaders of the next generations of agriculture.He enjoyed working with students on their projects (heifers, lambs, chickens, hogs) and seeing his students grow and win awards at stock shows across the state. He loved a good stock show and rodeo and was sought out by Livestock shows around the state to serve as a judge. He was active as Arena Director for the San Antonio Exposition, Inc., Junior Beef Cattle Assistant Supervisor for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo and as Junior Barrow Assistant Superintendent of the State Fair of Texas.
Durwin and Paula raised their family in Waco, Texas and then Austin, Texas. After retirement, Durwin and Paula travelled around the country for years in their RV exploring our beautiful country and spending time with their grandchildren before they settled down in Kerrville, Texas. Durwin lost Paula, his beloved wife of 52 years, in 2013.
Durwin married Donna Stromberg in 2015 in Kerrville, Texas. He often said how blessed he was to find such a wonderful wife for the second time in his life. Durwin was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Kerrville where he served as a Deacon and as the Director of the Jubilee Sunday School class and enjoyed reading and learning more about the scripture. He was also a member of the Prime Time Choir and enjoyed traveling to sing with his church family.
Education and hard work, faith and family were key tenants to how he lived his life. Durwin was a master story teller and regaled loved ones and strangers alike and was the life of any room he entered. He passed these values on to his daughters and grandchildren, whose education and many activities he loved and supported tirelessly.
He is preceded in death by his wife Paula Hill, his brother Carrol Hill, his sister-in-law Chloe Jane Hill, and his Son-in-Law Gerry Grafa. Those left to cherish his memory are his wife Donna Hill, his two daughters Christi Marrufo and Sherri Grafa, and his granddaughters and nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank the Anna Garcia, Nayome Garcia and Peterson Hospice for their loving care of Durwin, allowing him to be home with his wife and puppies in his last months and days.
A viewing will be held Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 1:00 pm at Trinity Baptist Church. Service will follow at 2:00 pm with John Wheat officiating. Interment will follow at Garden of Memories.
Durwin taught Vocational Agriculture high school students in Graham, Texas and College Station, Texas. He then became the Area Supervisor for the Texas Education Agency where he supervised Vocational Agriculture programs in the Central Texas area. He then served as the Executive Secretary of the Texas FFA Association where he mentored the state officers and planned and supervised the Texas FFA Convention each year. Durwin retired from the Texas Education Agency after 25 years of service.
Durwin loved the Future Farmers of America and vocational agriculture and passionately believed in their mission to develop students into leaders of the next generations of agriculture.He enjoyed working with students on their projects (heifers, lambs, chickens, hogs) and seeing his students grow and win awards at stock shows across the state. He loved a good stock show and rodeo and was sought out by Livestock shows around the state to serve as a judge. He was active as Arena Director for the San Antonio Exposition, Inc., Junior Beef Cattle Assistant Supervisor for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo and as Junior Barrow Assistant Superintendent of the State Fair of Texas.
Durwin and Paula raised their family in Waco, Texas and then Austin, Texas. After retirement, Durwin and Paula travelled around the country for years in their RV exploring our beautiful country and spending time with their grandchildren before they settled down in Kerrville, Texas. Durwin lost Paula, his beloved wife of 52 years, in 2013.
Durwin married Donna Stromberg in 2015 in Kerrville, Texas. He often said how blessed he was to find such a wonderful wife for the second time in his life. Durwin was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Kerrville where he served as a Deacon and as the Director of the Jubilee Sunday School class and enjoyed reading and learning more about the scripture. He was also a member of the Prime Time Choir and enjoyed traveling to sing with his church family.
Education and hard work, faith and family were key tenants to how he lived his life. Durwin was a master story teller and regaled loved ones and strangers alike and was the life of any room he entered. He passed these values on to his daughters and grandchildren, whose education and many activities he loved and supported tirelessly.
He is preceded in death by his wife Paula Hill, his brother Carrol Hill, his sister-in-law Chloe Jane Hill, and his Son-in-Law Gerry Grafa. Those left to cherish his memory are his wife Donna Hill, his two daughters Christi Marrufo and Sherri Grafa, and his granddaughters and nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank the Anna Garcia, Nayome Garcia and Peterson Hospice for their loving care of Durwin, allowing him to be home with his wife and puppies in his last months and days.
A viewing will be held Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 1:00 pm at Trinity Baptist Church. Service will follow at 2:00 pm with John Wheat officiating. Interment will follow at Garden of Memories.