Harper Co. - Obit for Mrs. Lydia Hilderbrand

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Obit for Mrs. Lydia Hilderbrand


Rites Held for Mrs. Hilderbrand
Funeral services for Mrs. Lydia
Hilderbrand 79, were held at the
First Methodist Church in Laverne
Thursday afternoon.  Mrs. Hilderbrand
died here Tuesday (14 Jan 1964)
(Perryton, TX).

Rev. Norton Scrimshire, Methodist
pastor, officiated, and burial was in
Laverne Cemetery under the
direction of Seeger Funeral Home.

Lydia Mahaffey was born to Mr. &
Mrs. George Mahaffey on June 17, 1884,
near Rock Island, Ill.  She moved to
Alfalfa County with her parents, then to
Beaver County, where she homesteaded
in 1905.  She has lived in Laverne since
1946.

She and Ira Green Hilderbrand were married
October 28, 1908, and they became parents
of four children.  Her husband preceded her
in death.

Mrs. Hilderbrand was a member of the
Methodist Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs.
Neva Mills of Laverne;  Mrs. Verna
Spencer, Billings;  Mrs. Mildred Woods,
Perryton, Tex;  one son, Russell, Mulvane,
Kans.;  three sisters, Mrs. Pansy Nelson of
Carrier;  Mrs. Inez Nelson of Enid; and
Mrs. Etta Hilderbrand of Laverne;  two
brothers, Clyde Mahaffey of Logan and
Embert Mahaffey, Springtown, Ark.  Also,
nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.