201 Belle Street, PO Box 79, Alhambra, IL 62001
Tele: (618) 488-2355 Fax: (618) 488-2361
Hitz Memorial Home
My Life. My Choice. My Home.
Our Mission
Hitz Home is a not-for-profit ministry of the United Church of Christ providing healthcare services to the elderly since 1952. Our home is conveniently located just four miles east of Route 4, in the quiet, charming town of Alhambra, IL with medical facilities conveniently located close by.
Our mission is to be a caring community, reflecting faith-based values, within which residents' rights are respected and fulfilled.
We are on a journey to provide our residents with choices, options and a sense of achievement each day. We've built our home around the needs of the residents and encourage them to make decisions that impact the quality of their lives.
Hitz Happenings
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 Wall Memorial to Past Resident |  Resident Feline Ringo |  Dining Room Aviary |
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 Shady Oaks Aviary |  Memorial Bench |  Nurse's Station |
 Medicare Hall |  Sitting Area |  Sitting Area |
 Dining Room Entertainment |  Sitting Area by Nurse's Station |  Sitting Area |
 Outdoor Decoration |  Gazebo Reflection Area |  Sunroom and Outdoor Garden Area |
 DSC_0061.JPG |  Newly Remodeled Library |  Work Station |
 Library with Church Service Pulpit |  Shelter House |  Front Entrance |
You have always made choices that affect the quality of your life. When you choose to live at Hitz Home, you continue to make those choices. We are a home embracing change. Our mission is to meet your needs and care for you just as if you were home. Our professional staff is dedicated to meeting the individual needs of our residents in a manner of warmth, respect and dignity. Come visit us at Hitz and experience the difference - It's a matter of choice!
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We are a Pioneer Home
Pioneer homes are not the lifeless institutional environments that you find at other facilities. Instead, pioneer means our residents are treated as human beings and not as patients. Residents at Hitz can order from menus, have food availability 24/7, choose a whirlpool bath over a shower, sleep in, participate in a wide variety of activities and make as many decisions for themselves as possible.
Our Beginning
Our Shelter House is a reminder of our long history and our commitment to the community...
In 1907, the Hitz State Bank was organized in Alhambra. The President of the bank, Adolf Hitz, undoubtedly had little idea that this humble beginning would grow into a financial institution with a forty-five year history. Mr. Hitz took personal pride and responsibility in being the custodian for his neighbors' resources.
The Hitz State Bank closed in 1947 with Mr. Hitz' retirement and two years later in 1949, he died. When the Southern Illinois Synod voted to establish regional homes for the aged, Mr. Hitz' wife, Louise M. Hitz, in consultation with Reverend Guy J. Moyer (pastor of Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church in Alhambra), continued the family tradition of community concern. The family home was given to the Synod.
Newly renovated, the house opened in August 1952 as Hitz Memorial Home. Mrs. Hitz was one of the first 25 residents. She appreciated being able to see first-hand the benefit her family had provided for other people.
Original Dedication on August 1952:
"This Home will offer nursing care to those who will need it and will admit both men and women. Here amidst love and understanding, we hope to bring peace and happiness and a sense of security to those who will make this their home."