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Hilda Uilk

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Hilda Uilk
Hilda Adela Uilk, 95, Jasper, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, at the Good Samaritan Communities in Pipestone.
A funeral service was Friday, Oct. 18, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jasper. Burial followed at New Woodlawn Cemetery in Pipestone.
Hilda Winter was born on Dec. 7, 1923, to Herman and Margaret (Heinsohn) Winter in Olivet, South Dakota. In 1930 Hilda and her family relocated to a farm near Boyden, Iowa, where she attended parochial school.
On Jan. 9, 1947, she married Herman Uilk at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Boyden. During their first three years of marriage, the couple farmed  southwest of Jasper. They then lived on a farm near Pipestone for 10 years before purchasing a farm in Rose Dell Township near Jasper where they lived until Herman’s retirement in November 1985 when they moved to Pipestone. Herman died on June 30, 1990. Hilda continued to live in their home until November 2017, when she moved to Sunrise Village in Jasper.  She had recently entered hospice care at Good Samaritan Communities of Pipestone.
Hilda was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Jasper.  She was baptized on Jan. 6, 1924, at her home and confirmed on March 21, 1937, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Boyden. She was a member of the Couple’s Club, Ladies Aid and Helping Hand Club as well as the Bible study. She was an avid quilter since the 1970s.
Hilda is survived by five children, Leon (Diana) Uilk of Pipestone, Marlys (Dwight) Rafferty of The Villages, Florida, Joyce (Chuck) Hammer of Pipestone, Wayne (Becky) Uilk of Jasper, and Darla (Bill) Morton of Brighton, Colorado; 13 grandchildren, Jarrod (Heidi) Uilk, Janelle (Scott) Hampton, Rachelle (Matt) Mayse, Chad (Hayley) Rafferty, Kara (Jim) Rieke, Cherelle (fiancé Jason) Hammer, Seth (Jessica) Hammer, Ashley (Ryan) Delahoyde, Heather (Brent) Bielec, Tyler (Dannie) Uilk, Nic (Kristen) Uilk, Rebecca Morton and Shelley (Alan) LaMar; 31 great-grandchildren; siblings Alvin Winter of Whitesboro, Texas, Ruben Winter of Sheldon, Iowa, Luella Loges of Boyden and Norven Winter of Boyden.
She was preceded in death by her husband; three premature great-grandsons; her parents; sisters Louise Uilk, Elsie Fick, and Meta Fick; and brothers August and Gerhardt.
 Arrangements were provided by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, www.hartquistfuneral.com.
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