Hildegard Kamilla Ludwig

Hildegard Kamilla Ludwig Scheuber 1910 ~ 2008 ST. GEORGE, UT- Hildegard Kamilla Ludwig Scheuber quietly passed into eternity on October 1, 2008 at her home in Saint George, Utah of causes incident to age. Her husband, William A. Scheuber, preceded her in death in 1983. The couple had no children. Hildegard was born March 15, 1910, near Chemnitz (Saxony), Germany. She was the 12th and last child of Paul Richard Ludwig and Anna Marie Weber, and her mother died when she was one year old. Her stepmother, Albina Elmilie Siebach, a sweet and kind woman, was the only mother Hildegard remembered. Hildegard loved to reminisce about her childhood in Germany growing up among castles and churches hundreds of years old, surrounded by forests and rivers, and living under the rule of a king. After World War I, all the children in her family immigrated to America one by one at their father's request in order to have a better life. Her parents remained in Germany because her father was a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he felt he was needed there. He and his wife remained stalwart Latter-day Saints until his death following World War II. Hildegard came in 1927 when she was only 17 years old, arriving in New York City not speaking one word of English and traveling to Milwaukee to live with a brother. There she worked as a live-in housekeeper and maid for some of that city's richest people in order to pay back the money for her trans-Atlantic voyage. She never returned to Germany. It was in Milwaukee that she met and was married in 1934 to William "Bill" Scheuber who was a genius at financial investing. During and following the Great Depression, he quietly amassed a considerable fortune. His peers reported that "he was a walking library of economic and political history, in knowledge of the stock and bond markets few were his equal, and his handshake was more binding than a legal document." Everyone who knew the Scheubers soon came to "love, honor and cherish, Hildegard." She was privileged to serve her fellow sisters in the Relief Society organizations in Milwaukee and Leeds, Utah. For the last 20 years she served in the St. George Temple, a service she loved. She has been an anonymous donor for many years to various programs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and also to its institutions of higher education. She never sought any recognition as she quietly consecrated her wealth to meet the needs of others, but her legacy will live on through generations in the lives of those she helped and their posterity. Recently she remarked, "I am so grateful that Father in Heaven gave me a big heart, so that I could bless so many others." Funeral services will be held Sat., October 11, 2008. A viewing will be at 10 a.m. in the Metcalf Mortuary, 288 W. St. George Blvd., St. George, Utah. Funeral Services will follow at 11 a.m. in the Metcalf Mortuary Chapel. Interment will be in the St. George City Cemetery under the direction of Metcalf Mortuary, 435-673-4221. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the LDS Humanitarian Services is welcomed at www.lds.org/ldsfoundation/welfare/welcome/ For condolences: www.metcalfmortuary.com