Obit-Gonzales Inquirer Dec. 24, 1952
Last Rites for Mrs. Hildebrand Held Sunday
Lat rites were held Sunday at 3 p.m. from the Seydler funeral home for Mrs. Edith Fly Hildebrand, who died at 5 a.m. Saturday at her home on East Louis street.
Mrs. Hildebrand long prominent in civic and educational affaires in Texas, was best known as an authority on Texas wild flowers and birds. It was she who brought Mrs. Ellen Schultz Quillen, curator of the Witte museum in San Antonio, to Gonzales to inspect the rare and beautiful specimens found at Ottine in the San Marcos river swamps, botanists coming here from all over the United States to see the rare plants.
Active in Church
She was far many years active in the Presbyterian Sunday School, teaching a class of boys and also working in the Woman's organization and literary clubs of the town.
She organized the first garden club in Gonzales and after her health failed and she retired from active participation in club affairs, she made her home garden grounds a show place the year round.
She often intertained Boy Scouts at her home, where she instructed them in bird lore and the flowers of this section.
Father Prominent
her grandfather, Thomas J. Pilgrim, organized the first Sunday school in Texas, coming to the state in 1828 and later in 1840 to Gonzales where he was the first superintendent of the Union Sunday school. She was a niece of the late Carey J. Pilgrim, for years editor and publisher of the Gonzales Inquirer. She was a member of the local Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Hildebrand was born in Gonzales on Dec. 8, 1877, and was the only child of Judge William S. Fly and Cay;oma PilgrimFly, nativesof Mississippi and Texas respectively . Her fatherwas also prominent in civic and educational circles in Gonzales, being a prominent attorney of the city, and later was appointed in the 1890'sto the Court of Civil Appeals, serving many years as chief justice of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals in San Antonio, a position which he held at the time of his death.
She was greatly interested in the establishmrnt of the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation and worked in the establishing of the Palmetto State Park at Ottine. She was a graduate of the Gonzales high school and also attended the University of Texas at Austin, later marrying Dr. W. J. Hildebrand, leading physcian in Gonzales who died in 1919 during the influenza epidemic.
She is survived by a number of cousins , among them being Mrs. H. E. Baird, Mrs. R. E. Hildebrand, Mrs. Ralph Cameron, Mrs. Tom Jerrell, all of San Antonio; Mrs. Charles Chenault, Mrs. Rufus Floyd, Mrs. Warren Taylor, Mrs. Ross Boothe, Frank Fly and Val Bennet all of Gonzales.
The Rev. T. Frank George, pastor of the First Presbyterian, conductd the sevices with interment following in the IOOF cemetery. Pallbearers were John C. Jones, W. W. Ellison, Herman Braley, Ross Boothe, Malcolm Christian and J. M. Mohrmann.
Last Rites for Mrs. Hildebrand Held Sunday
Lat rites were held Sunday at 3 p.m. from the Seydler funeral home for Mrs. Edith Fly Hildebrand, who died at 5 a.m. Saturday at her home on East Louis street.
Mrs. Hildebrand long prominent in civic and educational affaires in Texas, was best known as an authority on Texas wild flowers and birds. It was she who brought Mrs. Ellen Schultz Quillen, curator of the Witte museum in San Antonio, to Gonzales to inspect the rare and beautiful specimens found at Ottine in the San Marcos river swamps, botanists coming here from all over the United States to see the rare plants.
Active in Church
She was far many years active in the Presbyterian Sunday School, teaching a class of boys and also working in the Woman's organization and literary clubs of the town.
She organized the first garden club in Gonzales and after her health failed and she retired from active participation in club affairs, she made her home garden grounds a show place the year round.
She often intertained Boy Scouts at her home, where she instructed them in bird lore and the flowers of this section.
Father Prominent
her grandfather, Thomas J. Pilgrim, organized the first Sunday school in Texas, coming to the state in 1828 and later in 1840 to Gonzales where he was the first superintendent of the Union Sunday school. She was a niece of the late Carey J. Pilgrim, for years editor and publisher of the Gonzales Inquirer. She was a member of the local Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Hildebrand was born in Gonzales on Dec. 8, 1877, and was the only child of Judge William S. Fly and Cay;oma PilgrimFly, nativesof Mississippi and Texas respectively . Her fatherwas also prominent in civic and educational circles in Gonzales, being a prominent attorney of the city, and later was appointed in the 1890'sto the Court of Civil Appeals, serving many years as chief justice of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals in San Antonio, a position which he held at the time of his death.
She was greatly interested in the establishmrnt of the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation and worked in the establishing of the Palmetto State Park at Ottine. She was a graduate of the Gonzales high school and also attended the University of Texas at Austin, later marrying Dr. W. J. Hildebrand, leading physcian in Gonzales who died in 1919 during the influenza epidemic.
She is survived by a number of cousins , among them being Mrs. H. E. Baird, Mrs. R. E. Hildebrand, Mrs. Ralph Cameron, Mrs. Tom Jerrell, all of San Antonio; Mrs. Charles Chenault, Mrs. Rufus Floyd, Mrs. Warren Taylor, Mrs. Ross Boothe, Frank Fly and Val Bennet all of Gonzales.
The Rev. T. Frank George, pastor of the First Presbyterian, conductd the sevices with interment following in the IOOF cemetery. Pallbearers were John C. Jones, W. W. Ellison, Herman Braley, Ross Boothe, Malcolm Christian and J. M. Mohrmann.
Obit-Gonzales Inquirer Dec. 24, 1952
Last Rites for Mrs. Hildebrand Held Sunday
Lat rites were held Sunday at 3 p.m. from the Seydler funeral home for Mrs. Edith Fly Hildebrand, who died at 5 a.m. Saturday at her home on East Louis street.
Mrs. Hildebrand long prominent in civic and educational affaires in Texas, was best known as an authority on Texas wild flowers and birds. It was she who brought Mrs. Ellen Schultz Quillen, curator of the Witte museum in San Antonio, to Gonzales to inspect the rare and beautiful specimens found at Ottine in the San Marcos river swamps, botanists coming here from all over the United States to see the rare plants.
Active in Church
She was far many years active in the Presbyterian Sunday School, teaching a class of boys and also working in the Woman's organization and literary clubs of the town.
She organized the first garden club in Gonzales and after her health failed and she retired from active participation in club affairs, she made her home garden grounds a show place the year round.
She often intertained Boy Scouts at her home, where she instructed them in bird lore and the flowers of this section.
Father Prominent
her grandfather, Thomas J. Pilgrim, organized the first Sunday school in Texas, coming to the state in 1828 and later in 1840 to Gonzales where he was the first superintendent of the Union Sunday school. She was a niece of the late Carey J. Pilgrim, for years editor and publisher of the Gonzales Inquirer. She was a member of the local Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Hildebrand was born in Gonzales on Dec. 8, 1877, and was the only child of Judge William S. Fly and Cay;oma PilgrimFly, nativesof Mississippi and Texas respectively . Her fatherwas also prominent in civic and educational circles in Gonzales, being a prominent attorney of the city, and later was appointed in the 1890'sto the Court of Civil Appeals, serving many years as chief justice of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals in San Antonio, a position which he held at the time of his death.
She was greatly interested in the establishmrnt of the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation and worked in the establishing of the Palmetto State Park at Ottine. She was a graduate of the Gonzales high school and also attended the University of Texas at Austin, later marrying Dr. W. J. Hildebrand, leading physcian in Gonzales who died in 1919 during the influenza epidemic.
She is survived by a number of cousins , among them being Mrs. H. E. Baird, Mrs. R. E. Hildebrand, Mrs. Ralph Cameron, Mrs. Tom Jerrell, all of San Antonio; Mrs. Charles Chenault, Mrs. Rufus Floyd, Mrs. Warren Taylor, Mrs. Ross Boothe, Frank Fly and Val Bennet all of Gonzales.
The Rev. T. Frank George, pastor of the First Presbyterian, conductd the sevices with interment following in the IOOF cemetery. Pallbearers were John C. Jones, W. W. Ellison, Herman Braley, Ross Boothe, Malcolm Christian and J. M. Mohrmann.
Last Rites for Mrs. Hildebrand Held Sunday
Lat rites were held Sunday at 3 p.m. from the Seydler funeral home for Mrs. Edith Fly Hildebrand, who died at 5 a.m. Saturday at her home on East Louis street.
Mrs. Hildebrand long prominent in civic and educational affaires in Texas, was best known as an authority on Texas wild flowers and birds. It was she who brought Mrs. Ellen Schultz Quillen, curator of the Witte museum in San Antonio, to Gonzales to inspect the rare and beautiful specimens found at Ottine in the San Marcos river swamps, botanists coming here from all over the United States to see the rare plants.
Active in Church
She was far many years active in the Presbyterian Sunday School, teaching a class of boys and also working in the Woman's organization and literary clubs of the town.
She organized the first garden club in Gonzales and after her health failed and she retired from active participation in club affairs, she made her home garden grounds a show place the year round.
She often intertained Boy Scouts at her home, where she instructed them in bird lore and the flowers of this section.
Father Prominent
her grandfather, Thomas J. Pilgrim, organized the first Sunday school in Texas, coming to the state in 1828 and later in 1840 to Gonzales where he was the first superintendent of the Union Sunday school. She was a niece of the late Carey J. Pilgrim, for years editor and publisher of the Gonzales Inquirer. She was a member of the local Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Hildebrand was born in Gonzales on Dec. 8, 1877, and was the only child of Judge William S. Fly and Cay;oma PilgrimFly, nativesof Mississippi and Texas respectively . Her fatherwas also prominent in civic and educational circles in Gonzales, being a prominent attorney of the city, and later was appointed in the 1890'sto the Court of Civil Appeals, serving many years as chief justice of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals in San Antonio, a position which he held at the time of his death.
She was greatly interested in the establishmrnt of the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation and worked in the establishing of the Palmetto State Park at Ottine. She was a graduate of the Gonzales high school and also attended the University of Texas at Austin, later marrying Dr. W. J. Hildebrand, leading physcian in Gonzales who died in 1919 during the influenza epidemic.
She is survived by a number of cousins , among them being Mrs. H. E. Baird, Mrs. R. E. Hildebrand, Mrs. Ralph Cameron, Mrs. Tom Jerrell, all of San Antonio; Mrs. Charles Chenault, Mrs. Rufus Floyd, Mrs. Warren Taylor, Mrs. Ross Boothe, Frank Fly and Val Bennet all of Gonzales.
The Rev. T. Frank George, pastor of the First Presbyterian, conductd the sevices with interment following in the IOOF cemetery. Pallbearers were John C. Jones, W. W. Ellison, Herman Braley, Ross Boothe, Malcolm Christian and J. M. Mohrmann.
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