Hilbert, Vila L. 1926-2015

HILBERT, CASKEY, HUGHES, OLSON

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/2/2017 at 08:33:54

SIOUX CITY | (Hughes) Hilbert, 88, of Sioux City passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2015, at a local care facility after a long illness.

Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Akron, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.

Vila was born June 29, 1926, in Pukwana, S.D.; she was the daughter of Velmar and Mabel (Olson) Hughes. She married Freeman Caskey on Nov. 15, 1945, in Sioux City. He died March 3, 1964, in Sioux City. Vila owned and operated the Cushing Café in Cushing, Iowa, for many years and then moved to Claremore, Okla., in 1981. She married Fred Hilbert May 19, 1984, in Claremore, Okla. He died July 4, 2013, in Claremore.

Vila loved her family dearly; they were the world to her. Also she enjoyed sewing, crafts, reading and playing cards and rummikub.

Survivors include her three daughters, Vida Kunkel (Darrell) of Sioux City, Trudy Stonebarger (Larry) of Claremore, Okla., and Cheri Kurtz (Gary) of Correctionville, Iowa; two sisters, Ona McSperritt of McComb, Ill., and Nita Ashmore (Roland) of Lincoln, Neb.; one brother, Vernon Hughes (Normagene) of Sioux City; eight grandchildren, Scott Kunkel (Diane), Tammy Craig, Tracy Wriedt (Edward) Melissa Vanderhoof, Rebecca Stonebarger, Brant Kurtz (Alison), Justin Kurtz (Larissa) and Cody Kurtz; and 18 great grandchildren.

Vila was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, her brothers, Ordway Hughes, Velmar Hughes Jr., Rodney Hughes and Jim Hughes; and a sister, Louise Girard.

Pallbearers will be Brant, Justin and Cody Kurtz, Scott Kunkel, Edward Wriedt and Dan Caskey.
Caption: Vila L. Hilbert Obit-Meyer Bros Colonial Funeral Home logo

Sioux City Journal
March 24, 2015
Sioux City, Iowa