Obit of Roberta Boudreau Hilterbrand - McClain County OK Submitted by: Susan Gabel 3 Sep 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Former Purcell Woman Dies - The Purcell Register - Feburary 18, 1982 Roberta Boudreau Hilterbrand, 59, a former resident of Purcell, died Feb. 12 in the South Community Hospital, Oklahoma City, following an extended illness. Born in Purcell on Sept. 28, 1922, she was a member of the pioneer Boudreau familes who played important roles in the early history of this young Indian Territory city. She was the daughter of the late Homer and Vera Boudreau and was a 1942 graduate of Purcell high school. She married her high school sweetheart, Dewey "Skeeter" Hilterbrand on Jan. 30, 1943 and later they moved to Oklahoma City in 1948 where she lived until her death. She had been employed at Kerrs Dept. Store and had been the owner and operator of D & J antiques. She had been active in Oklahoma City bowling leagues for several years and was always keenly interrested in sports. She was a member of Our Lady of Victory Church in Purcell. Services were held Monday in the Yoakum Memory Chapel, with Father John G. O'Brien officiating. Interment was in the family plot in Hillside cemetery. In addition to her husband of the home in Oklahoma City, she is survived by two sons, Jerry E. of Oklahoma City; Dewey H. of Moore; one brother, Kenneth Boudreau of Milipitas, Calif.; a sister-in-law, Hazel Boudreau of Oklahoma City and two grandchildren. Pall bearers were Terry Dewey, Rick Nicholas, Dana Hays, Ron Mayfield, Ronnie Boudreau, Bob Brown, David Keel and Mike Day.