10/17/1935 - 4/22/2022
Hilda M. Cheeseman, age 86, former rural Portland resident passed away
Friday April 22, 2022 at IU Health West in Avon, Indiana. She was born in
Midland, Michigan on October 17, 1935 the daughter of Wilbur and Helen
(O'Dell) Smith. She was married on March 23, 1979 to Chester Cheeseman and
he passed away on April 3, 2020. Hilda was retired as a teacher from Jay
Schools, was a graduate of Midland Michigan High School and had earned a
Masters Degree and was working on her Doctorate.
Surviving are two
sons Chester Cheeseman III of Indianapolis and Arthur Cheeseman (wife Angie)
of Indianapolis, one brother Gerold Smith of Virginia, one sister Ruth
Emerson of Auburn, MI., 2 grandsons Joel and Clint Cheeseman and 5 great
grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sisters Violet Bolenbaugh
and Margie Rearick
Private family services will be held in the
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Claycomb Cemetery.
Memorials can be made to the Youth Service Bureau.
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home; April 24, 2022
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Claycomb Cemetery