2024-03-01
Before her passing in 2021, it was rare to find Ellen Hill idle. Her stepsister, Penny, remembers that Ellen would show up to even a casual visit with her tool belt, an apron, a broom and dustpan – always ready to be pressed into service. “Her time in this world,” Penny says, “was for service.” And her sense of service was kinetic, hands busy packing survival kits for the unhoused, painting fresh lines in the church parking lot, cleaning up garbage along local creeks.