Albany Times Union (Sunday)

Hill, Anthony "Bud" J. Jr.

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NORTH GREENBUSH

— Anthony "Bud" J. Hill Jr., the son of the late Anthony J. Hill Sr. and Sophia Hynko Hill, and husband of the late Eleanor M. Hill, passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at the Eddy Memorial in Troy.

Bud graduated from St. John’s Academy in Rensselaer, class of 1945. Following an enlistment in the Army Air Corps, he graduated from Roosevelt School of Aviation on Long Island, class of 1948, as an aviation mechanic. For the next 43 years, he was at the Albany County (now Internatio­nal) Airport. He began with a 14-year employment with fixed base operator O’Connor Aircraft, during which time he obtained his pilot’s licenses. Subsequent to O’Connor’s retirement, he became an employee of the N.Y.S. D.E.C. Division of Aviation until his retirement in 1991. His passion for aviation never wavered.

In addition to his parents, he was predecease­d by his brothers, William and Robert; and his wife Eleanor. He is survived by his siblings, Anastasia "Nancy" Traegler, and Paul and Frederick Hill,

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