Raphael Wesley Hiner, 80, R.2, Brookston, died Feb. 12, at Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers, Florida.

He was born Oct. 4,1909, to Curtis 0. and Daisy V. Brown Hiner, in Brookston. He was married April 4, 1942. to Adeline Magnabosco, who survives.

He graduated from Brookston High School in 1927, and attended Tn-State University in Angola.

lie worked in the Extrusion Department at Alcoa in Lafayette, for 17½ years and for Department of Trans Am, District 3, Marysville, California. He lived in Yuba City, California.

He was a member of California Retirees, Libanus Lodge and of Masonic Lodge F&AM in Monticello.

He was a member of the Indianapolis Valley of the Scottish Rite and of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Delphi American Legion posts.

Other survivors are two brothers, Curtis Brown Hiner, Chalmers and Jewell Hiner, Steelsville, Illinois.

His body was cremated. There will be a military memorial service in April. Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston, was in charge of arrangements.