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Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Ryan Alan Hills
Age: 47
City: Cedar Rapids
Funeral Home
Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Ryan Alan Hills
Ryan Alan Hills
Cedar Rapids
Ryan Alan Hills, 47, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Graveside services: 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, at Circle Grove Cemetery, Troy Mills, Iowa. Arrangements are with Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include his father, Patric Hills; grandfather, Arthur Drtina; brother, Richard Hills; niece, Chyanne Hills; nephew, Dakota Hills; uncle, Mark (Rebecca) Hills; aunts, Janel Johnson and Linda Carpenter; and many cousins.
Ryan was born on Aug. 3, 1975, in Cedar Rapids, the son of Patric and Debra (Drtina) Hills. He graduated from Kennedy High School in 1993, and attended Kirkwood Community College. Ryan loved to watch football and wrestled in high school where he went on to state. He enjoyed listening to music on the radio.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Debra Hills; grandparents, Harold Hills, Dorothy Hills Franks and Theola Drtina; and his uncles, Steve Hills, Mike Hills, Arthur “Bud” Drtina Jr., and Donald “Big” Drtina.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
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