Tilda Schlotter

KENDALLVILLE - Tilda Mae (Hicks) Schlotter, age 84, of Kendallville, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Lutheran Life Villages in Kendallville.

Mrs. Schlotter was born in Handshoe, Kentucky, on Aug. 13, 1940, daughter of the late Homer Hicks and Louverna (Conley) Hicks.

As a young lady, she was employed as a waitress at Valenti's Bar & Grill on Main Street in Kendallville. Later in life, she worked at Essex Wire in Kendallville and General Electric in Fort Wayne, from where she retired in 2000, after 36 years of service to the company.

Tilda was a member of the Elex Club with General Electric, Kendallville Moose Lodge, and Rome City American Legion.

Tilda loved gardening and would spend many hours tending to her flowers and plants in her backyard garden. Her life revolved around her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Survivors include her daughter, Evon Marie Schlotter, of Lockport, Illinois; sons, Timothy James Schlotter and Mary Catherine Manuel, of Kendallville and Kenneth Brian Schlotter and his partner, Lorraine Nelson, both of Kendallville; six grandchildren, Timothy Jay Schlotter, of Kendallville, Yvonne Schlotter, of Kendallville, Alexandra (Chris) Schneider, of Kendallville, Jeremy Walker (partner, Stacy), of Litchfield, Kentucky, Zachary Schlotter, of Clarksville, Tennessee, and Antoinette "Toni" Schlotter, of Clarksville, Tennessee; five great-grandchildren, Nathaniel Schlotter, Luna Faye Schneider, Estrella Mae Schneider, Tessa and Addy; brother, Carter and Zaundra Hicks, of LaGrange; and sisters, Doris Hall, of Kendallville and Linda and Ron Buss, of Angola.

Tilda was preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Lou Hicks; and son, Richard Godfrey Schlotter Jr., who died in 1998; and sister and brother-in-law, Gerlean and Cecil Everidge.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, from 3-7 p.m., at Hite Funeral Home in Kendallville.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 11 a.m., at Hite Funeral Home, with Pastor Mike Albaugh officiating.

Burial will follow at Orange Cemetery near Rome City.

Memorial donations may be made in Tilda's name to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Noble County Humane Shelter.

Arrangements entrusted to Hite Funeral Home.