Hilda Slat

Hilda Amelia Slat Hilda Amelia Slat, 91 of Johannesburg, MI passed on peacefully in her sleep on July 24, 2011 at the Weber Adult Foster Care Home in Gaylord, MI. She was born in East Pittsburgh, PA to Joseph and Amelia Schall on December 30, 1919. Hilda eloped with her intended to Wellsburg, WV and married on May 10, 1941. The cab driver was the witness to the marriage performed in a minister's home. She worked as a waitress in East Pittsburgh and then followed her husband through army basic training in Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia. She worked for the passport division of the state department in Virginia for a short time. In 1945, while her husband served as a technical sergeant with the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II, she worked in the Ordinance Department at the Pentagon and was able to track his whereabouts. After the war, she moved with her husband, Bill to Dearborn, MI and then to Taylor, MI where she was a stay at home mom for her three children. She then worked part-time and full-time jobs in retail clothing sales as they matured. After her retirement, the couple moved to their lake home in Brooklyn, MI where she worked with the security office and Property Owners Association. An active gal who loved nature, Hilda enjoyed planting flowers, keeping a neat lawn and house, swimming, boating, water-skiing, sewing, reading, cooking great meals, playing with her poodle, doing crosswords, listening to music and watching Tiger baseball. She maintained and lived in her own home until she moved to the Atlanta-Johannesburg area about six years ago, living with her daughter for a short time. For the past several years, Hilda was a resident at Linda Englehardt's Care Home in Atlanta and then Weber Adult Foster Care Home of Gaylord. She was so blessed to be in the hands of the loving and dedicated angels who staffed these homes. They went above and beyond the call of duty. Hilda's family is so grateful to all the dears who made her last years as comfortable and joyful as possible. She will be missed for her spunkiness and strength, as well as her ability to weather all of her life's many storms. She was and continues to be dearly loved and we know that she is eternal and is not sitting around resting, but eagerly doing, growing, and learning in her new surroundings. Hilda is survived by her daughter, Kathryn Biehl of Johannesburg, MI; brother, William (Fran) Slat of Brooklyn, MI; Charles (Carol) Slat of Monroe, MI; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews, as well as their families. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Amelia Schall, husband, William, and her siblings, Arthur, Henry, Albert, Alex, Emma, Evelyn, and a stillborn daughter, Karen. As were her wishes, cremation has taken place. A private, family memorial with be held at a later date in honor of Mrs. Slat. Arrangements were entrusted to the Green Funeral Home. Condolence messages can be sent via our website, www.greenfuneralhomes.com
She worked as a waitress in East Pittsburgh and then followed her husband through army basic training in Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia. She worked for the passport division of the state department in Virginia for a short time. In 1945, while her husband served as a technical sergeant with the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II, she worked in the Ordinance Department at the Pentagon and was able to track his whereabouts.
After the war, she moved with her husband, Bill to Dearborn, MI and then to Taylor, MI where she was a stay at home mom for her three children. She then worked part-time and full-time jobs in retail clothing sales as they matured. After her retirement, the couple moved to their lake home in Brooklyn, MI where she worked with the security office and Property Owners Association.
An active gal who loved nature, Hilda enjoyed planting flowers, keeping a neat lawn and house, swimming, boating, water-skiing, sewing, reading, cooking great meals, playing with her poodle, doing crosswords, listening to music and watching Tiger baseball. She maintained and lived in her own home until she moved to the Atlanta-Johannesburg area about six years ago, living with her daughter for a short time.
For the past several years, Hilda was a resident at Linda Englehardt's Care Home in Atlanta and then Weber Adult Foster Care Home of Gaylord. She was so blessed to be in the hands of the loving and dedicated angels who staffed these homes. They went above and beyond the call of duty. Hilda's family is so grateful to all the dears who made her last years as comfortable and joyful as possible.
She will be missed for her spunkiness and strength, as well as her ability to weather all of her life's many storms. She was and continues to be dearly loved and we know that she is eternal and is not sitting around resting, but eagerly doing, growing, and learning in her new surroundings.
Hilda is survived by her daughter, Kathryn Biehl of Johannesburg, MI; brother, William (Fran) Slat of Brooklyn, MI; Charles (Carol) Slat of Monroe, MI; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews, as well as their families. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Amelia Schall, husband, William, and her siblings, Arthur, Henry, Albert, Alex, Emma, Evelyn, and a stillborn daughter, Karen.
As were her wishes, cremation has taken place. A private, family memorial with be held at a later date in honor of Mrs. Slat. Arrangements were entrusted to the Green Funeral Home. Condolence messages can be sent via our website, www.greenfuneralhomes.com