Hila VanHook
1903 - 1974-
Born 21 May 1903 Colorado Gender Female Died Sep 1974 Eielson Afb, Fairbanks North Star, AK Father Roger Peck VanHook, b. 26 Jan 1880, Harrison, KY , d. Between 1920 and 1930 Mother Eleanor, b. Abt 1882, Missouri Family Lillard Harold Weatherman McGee, b. 1902, Kansas , d. 1966 Married Abt 1927 Topeka, Shawnee, KS Notes Children 1. Michael Vanhook McGee, b. 23 Jul 1928, Fort Smith, Arkansas , d. 6 Apr 2008, North Pole, Fairbanks North Star, AK Last Modified 20 Apr 2015 Family ID F3801 Group Sheet
Notes - The Alpha Phi Quarterly, Volume 34, page 71 - Washburn College, Topeka, KS
Hila VanHook of Colorado Springs, CO, elected secretary of the freshman class
Hila VanHook became a newspaper reporter. In 1925, she worked for the Daily Capital in Topeka, KS.
On 21 Mar 1956, in the Press Scimitar of Memphis, TN, she wrote a long obituary of Col. M.R. Meals.
In the late 1920's she married Lillard McGee, who was the sports editor for the paper in Topeka.
Hila died in 1974 while living with her son Michael in Alaska.