Hildred Smith

Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 15, at Brintlinger & Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, with the Rev. Michael Eischem presiding. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time on Tuesday, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur.Memorials may be made to Piatt County Nursing Home or to Carle Hospice Champaign.Hildred was born on July 17, 1912, in Argenta, the daughter of Edward and Florence (Augustus) Ashton. She married Byron Bower in 1944. He preceded her in death on July 1, 1949. In 1959 she married Harold D. Smith. He preceded her in death on November 15, 1991.Hildred was a 1934 graduate of Decatur Macon County Nursing School as a Registered Nurse. She worked private duty nursing in the local area and hospitals in Decatur. Hildred was on the staff at Wabash Employee Hospital, Decatur, retiring in 1968. She was a member of the Alumna Association of Decatur Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. Hildred was a resident of Decatur until 1990 when she and Harold moved to the Windsor of Savoy in Savoy,IL.Surviving are her sister Charlene Burdick of Monticello; niece Carol (Tim) Towner and their sons Zachary, Christian, and Isaac; nephews Steven (Carol Ann) Burdick of Kent, WA; Paul (Michael Valdez) Burdick of Fennville, MI; and John Burdick of Los Angeles, CA.She was preceded in death by her parents and two husbands. "
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