Funeral service for Bertha Gene (DeVine) Hill will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 20, 2024 at the Geronimo Elementary School Auditorium with Rev. Steve Mallow and Rev. Tony Elkins officiating.

Burial will follow at Flower Mound Cemetery under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Friday at the funeral home.

Bertha Gene (Devine) Hill, age 87 of Geronimo, was born March 9, 1936, and was called home on January 14, 2024 by her Heavenly Father. She was born to Joseph C. "Joe" and Roxie F.  (Hawkins) DeVine of Geronimo. She was raised on a small farm 1 mile east and ¾ mile south of Geronimo on a road now named after her father (DeVine Road). She attended School at Geronimo High School. She played basketball for the Geronimo Bluejays and won numerous awards. After graduating she worked various jobs, and still helped on the farm. She met the love of her life (Matthew W. Hill Sr.) and they were married on July 22, 1978 in Lawton, Oklahoma. They moved back to the Geronimo community in 1982. She retired from the Zale's Corporation as a jeweler after 36 ½ years. She then ran for and won a spot on the Geronimo City Council and was their very first certified Code Enforcement Officer. She had an intense passion for making Geronimo a better community. She baby sat her grandchildren until they reached school age. She became a member of the Pentecostal Church of God in Lawton, Oklahoma.

She is survived by her children: three son's Matthew W. Jr. and Kimberly Hill of Elgin, Joey D. and Angela Hill of Geronimo, William E. and Amanda Hill of Lawton, one daughter Lisa Mitchell of Reynoldsville, Illinois and eight grandchildren Haley and Skylar Sanders of Fletcher, Austin Hill of Lawton, Justin T. Hill and David M. Hill, Burkburnett, Texas, Colton W., Landon W., Lillian G. and Celeste E. of Lawton. She also has four great grandchildren that she loved deeply.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and sister, Edna (DeVine) Mayfield.