Raymond Lyle Hildebrand

Hildebrand, Raymond Lyle
March 21, 1922 – July 12, 2009. Raymond Lyle Hildebrand was born in Glendive, MT on March 21, 1922 to Marjorie Lundstrom and Raymond Hildebrand, a prominent attorney. Marjorie Lindstrom Hildebrand died in childbirth; Raymond Lyle was raised by Lyla Hildebrand, his father's sister, for a year and a half until his father remarried Marie Heckman, a concert pianist and organist. Raymond was educated at Carlton College in Lyle, MN and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. He was in the US Army as a Lieutenant and worked as a bridge engineer during World War II. He later was in the reserves as a Lieutenant Colonel. His career was made in labor relations working at American Visco, AniSun, Sun Oil, Wallace Murray, McCall's Printing, International Paper and the US Postal Service. Ray, who risided in Sun City West, an offshoot of Phoeniz, AZ, is survived by his wife Eleanor T. Hildebrand and children Hollis Hildebrand-Mills of Alanta, GA and Raymond Hildebrand of Pawley's Island, SC. Ray loved gardening, crafts, hooking rugs, playing bridge, golfing, solving crossword puzzles, working on the computer. He travelled extensively around the world, several times, with his wife.