North Petersburgh – Hilda T. (Thomas) Willbrant, 92, died peacefully on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at the Danforth Adult Care Center in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Born in Petersburgh, NY, Hilda was the daughter of the late Frank and Edna (Church) Thomas. She grew up in Cherry Plain, NY, and was a 1940 graduate of Berlin High School. Hilda was married to Harry L. Willbrant on January 15, 1944, in Watervliet, NY, and they resided in Cherry Plain on the Tanner Farm. In 1955 Hilda and Harry moved to North Petersburgh, NY, and operated the Willbrant Farm on Indian Massacre Road. Hilda was also employed for twenty years by the former General Cable in Pownal, VT, but first and foremost she was a homemaker and a farmer’s wife. Hilda enjoyed crocheting, canning, flower gardening and playing cards.
She is survived by her daughter, Edna L. and husband Richard Baker-Schumaker of Hoosick Falls, and her son, H. Douglas and wife Janet Willbrant of North Petersburgh, her half-brother, Ralph Thomas of Stephentown; her six grandchildren, Keith, Kevin (Michelle), Carrie and Cory Willbrant, Kenneth and Edna L. Baker, three great-grandchildren, Emmitt, Addison and Brittney (Corrie). She was pre-deceased by her husband, Harry L. Willbrant, on May 2, 1999, her half-brother, Robert Thomas, and her half-sisters, Marion Adams and Jeanette Liebenow.
Funeral services will be held privately. A graveside service will be held in the Spring in Meadowlawn Cemetery, Petersburgh, and a reception will follow at the home of Doug and Janet Willbrant. Announcement of the time will be made at a later date.
Expressions of sympathy may be made in the form of a donation to the Cheney Library, P.O. Box 177, Classic Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090-0177, in memory of Hilda T. Willbrant. Arrangements are by the Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home of Petersburgh.