Hildegard F. Parham

HILDEGARD FRIEDA PARHAM was born in the town of Giesen, Germany on November 23, 1925 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Huhn. She departed this life on December 17, 2001. Hilda as her loved ones fondly called her, served in the German Military Forces on the side of the American Allies. During her service she met and wed her beloved late husband Russell Parham on November 20, 1959 while they were both on leave. Hilda and Russell shared a rare and blessed marriage filled with love, compassion and devotion to one another. They were blessed with thirty-eight years of marriage until Russell’s death on January 14, 1998. Aunt Hilda lived a life filled with the love, laughter and companionship of family’s, friends and good neighbors. On many occasions Aunt Hilda would speak of her wonderful and exciting times as a young women growing up in Germany on her families farm before the War and the good times she and Uncle Russell spent as a young married couple. Aunt Hilda would often say that if she closed her eyes today or tomorrow she would have no regrets because God had blessed her life with the love a good husband, family and friends, and that she had surely and enough good times in her life to last two life times. In the spring of 2000, Aunt Hilda was blessed to reunite with her family in West Germany after a 40 year separation. She was able to spend a month long vacation with her brother, sisters, nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. Upon her arrival back to the United States, Aunt Hilda relayed to her family here in America the tremendous love and affection she was greeted with and received and the many endearing and wonderful times that were spent with her family in Germany. She often spoke of that visit with great affection and had planned to some day make another trip to Germany. Aunt Hilda and her family in Germany have stayed in constant contact since her visit to Germany calling one another at least once a week. Aunt Hilda was a generous and loving aunt and friend. She was always there to lend a listening ear and to give words of wisdom and insight. Aunt Hilda was a true human being in every sense of the word. She knew how to give love and affection and asked for nothing in return; she was willing to share what she had with others and to help out wherever and whenever she could. Aunt Hilda will truly be missed. Her departing will leave an unfulfillable void in the lives of all those who came to know and love her. Hilda leaves to mourn her passing and yet to cherish her life and to find comfort and peace in the memory of the many wonderful and loving ways in which she touched each of our lives: her family in Germany: one brother, two sisters and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Her family here in America: one brother-in-law, Joseph Parham; two sisters-in-law, Eloise Thompson and Camilla Parham; a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, many other relatives, devoted friends and neighbors.

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Hildegard F. Parham

November 23, 1925 - December 17, 2001