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Lelia Mae
Hildebrand, 82, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on
January 29, 2009 at Luther Acres, Lititz, PA, where she had been a
resident since 2000.
Predeceased by
her beloved husband, Leroy Hildebrand, who died in 2004, she was
born in Clendenin, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Homer and
Daisy Welch.
A longtime
resident of Morgantown, PA, she was co-founder in 1952 of Mountz
Welding, later Morgan Corporation, where she served as Secretary
of the corporation and office manager until her retirement in
1978.
She was a
gracious lady, loved her family and made the world around her more
beautiful. She will be missed by everyone.
She was the
devoted mother of Linda M. Kunkelman, wife of William C. Kunkelman
III, Gilbert, AZ and Flying Hills, PA; and Michael E. Mountz,
husband of Rhoda (nee Stauffer) Mountz, Newmanstown, PA.
She is also
survived by two brothers, Brooks and Orville Welch and a sister,
Lucy Andrews. She was predeceased by a brother, Elvin Welch.
Other
survivors include four grandsons, a great-grandson and three great
grand-daughters.
Contributions
in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation of
America, 322 Eighth Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY
10001.
Arrangements
by the Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home Inc. 3110 Lititz Pike,
Lititz, PA, 17543 (717) 560-5100. To send an online condolence,
please visit www.snyderfuneralhome.com. |