Linda June Hildebrandt

LINDA JUNE HILDEBRANDT June 9, 1943 – August 5, 2023 Linda June (Edmonds) Hildebrandt, wife of the late David Lee Hildebrandt passed from this life to her eternal home in heaven on Saturday, August 5, 2023. Linda was born prematurely in Okmulgee, Oklahoma on Wednesday, June 9, 1943, the daughter of Granvel and Bertha (Perry) Edmonds. Linda grew up in Morris and talked fondly and proudly of being raised there. She learned to twirl baton in Elementary School and still has her batons to this day. She lived a very normal childhood. Everyone in school loved her. Her father began a job in Oregon just before Linda’s junior year, so off they moved. She attended school there but missed her friends in Morris, so she was granted permission to live with her oldest brother and family for her senior year and thus graduated from Morris High School. That year (1961) she was crowned Basketball Sweetheart. The summer after graduation, a young man was introduced to her by mutual friends. His name was David Hildebrandt, and she was quite smitten. It was instant love and they married July 22, 1961. In July of 2021 they celebrated 60 wonderful years together surrounded by friends and family (some of whom introduced them all those years ago). A few months after their wedding, David joined the U.S. Air Force Reserves. During this time, Linda became a homemaker. Linda gave birth to their first child, Scott Lee in September 1962 and then Cindy Lin on their wedding anniversary in 1965. Soon after David began work for WR Grace and they moved to Broken Arrow. Linda continued to nurture her young family during this time. In 1969 David went to work for Ahrberg Milling Company in Morrison OK (which he would later own) where they would spend the next 36 years. Linda first helped David at the Mill by writing correspondence and keeping the books. Taking care of the home and their children was always her first priority. She was always working behind the scenes to support David in his business and her children in FFA, sports and any other activities they were involved in. In 1978 she was hired by the Morrison School District as the Principal’s Secretary and by the time she retired 23 years later she was the Superintendent’s Secretary and in charge of the gate and concession monies. She took great pride in her work for the school system. In 2006, David and Linda retired and moved back to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma to be near their grandchildren and family. At this point they had 5 grandchildren, 4 in Broken Arrow and 1 in Bartlett, Tennessee. They joined South BA Baptist Church where they quickly got involved in Sunday School and service areas of the church. They loved working VBS, helping with church dinners, etc.. Linda truly enjoyed going to Sunday School and soaked up any and all information she could about God. Their church community was an incredibly important part of their lives. Living in Broken Arrow allowed David and Linda to attend football, baseball, softball, basketball games, dance recitals and more of Adam, Chelsea, Morgan and Megan. The coaches quickly got to know them as David and Linda always wanted to talk to them after the games. They also would travel to see Kylee in her Taekwondo Tournaments and Trap shoots in Tennessee. Linda lived for her grandchildren and enjoyed time with them baking cookies, eating ice cream and of course watching all things Oklahoma State. She took great pride in listening to Adam call games and such on the radio/internet. Even in these last few years of Alzheimer’s, Linda would always recognize Adam’s voice when she heard it. Over the last 9 years, Linda and David gained 7 great grandchildren. The smile on Linda’s face each time she got to see them and watch them play was big and bright. Children brought her such joy! She loved to laugh with them, color with them and of course feed them. She was such a giver! Alzheimer’s was such a cruel disease for Linda to live with, but it never took away her sense of humor, spirit of hospitality and love for her family. We are sad that she is no longer with us, but know she is whole again as she sits at the feet of Jesus. We are truly relieved that her pain is over. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Linda’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org. Her family will never give up the fight for a cure for this awful disease. Left to cherish her memory are her Son, Scott Hildebrandt and wife, Cheryl, of Broken Arrow; Daughter, Cindy Hildebrandt Nelson of Fort Worth, Texas. 5 Grandchildren: Adam Hildebrandt and his wife Carissa of Broken Arrow; Chelsea Hildebrandt Lively and her husband, Jacob of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Morgan Hildebrandt Wardle and her husband, Joshua, of Henderson, Texas; Megan Hildebrandt Hallof and her husband, Wesley of Crosby, Texas; Kylee Nelson Andersen and her husband, Christian, of Atoka, Tennessee. Seven Great Grandchildren plus one on the way: Ella, Noah, Sophia, Oaklee, Isaiah, Jadon, and Ryan Eden; Sister, Phyllis and husband Max Shoemake and many Nieces & Nephews. Preceding Linda in death were her husband, David L Hildebrandt; parents, Granvel and Bertha Edmonds; Brother, Donnie Edmonds.

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Linda June Hildebrandt

June 9, 1943 - August 5, 2023