Hildegarde Emma Feldmann
Hildegarde
Emma Feldmann, 89, of
on Friday, May 15, 2015 at the
on March 18, 1926, a daughter of Fred and Caroline (Wagner) Leichert.
On March 20,
1948 Hilda married Kenneth Feldmann at
Hilda
arrived in the
on the USS Breman in 1928 with her parents and her sister, Gertrude. They settled in
Institute of Business. After marriage,
Hilda and Ken moved to
in 1961. Ken died in a train accident
that year. Hilda became a working mom
and raised her two sons. She was a
school secretary at
a secretary for the Teamsters Union. She
was finally employed with
Pathology (Consultants Lab) as a manager for 17 years. Hilda also managed a Little League baseball
team during her sons’ younger years.
Hilda
enjoyed playing Bridge and was the Bridge group organizer at the
for more than five years. She also loved cooking, baking, canning produce from
the garden and apple tree. She made lots
of jams, apple sauce and rhubarb pies.
Hilda made it her mission to send greeting cards to as many as she could
on their special occasions of celebrations.
Hilda was a
member of the
of
Society and president of the General Federated Women’s Club.
Hilda is
survived by two sons, Brooks (fiancee, Barbara Stroh) of Fond du Lac and Damon
(Elizabeth) of Waupun; grandchildren, Jennifer Glodny, Katherine (David)
Larson, Nicholas Feldmann, Jamie (Jr) Seyfert, Cathy (Patrick) Smith and Ann
(Paul) Hoffman; great grandchildren, Camden Feldmann, Jackson and Spencer
Glodny, Ava and Aria Seyfert, Abby and Zach Hoffman, Maya and Amelia Smith;
special niece and friend, Carolynne and Tim Younk; others relatives and
friends.
Preceding
Hilda in death are her parents, husband, sister Gertrude Genzler and good
friend Ruth DeTroye.
Visitation: Hilda’s family will receive relatives and friends on Thursday,
May 21, 2015 from 4:00 until 5:45 PM at the
Service:
At 6:00 PM on Thursday, May 21 at the
a Memorial Celebration of Hilda’s life will be held. Cremation has taken place and burial will be
at
Zacherl
Funeral Home and Crematory of
Lac