Hilda M. Cilley

FRANCONIA, N.H.—Hilda M. Cilley, 92, formerly of Tunbridge, died Monday, April 9, 2007 at the Genesis Healthcare Lafayette Center in Franconia, N.H.

She was born April 28, 1914 in East Roxbury, the daughter of Clifton D. and Lillian M. (Kohl) Chatterton. She attended school in Tunbridge. In 1937 she married Sherburne E. Cilley of Tunbridge. They lived all their married life in Tunbridge and South Royalton. Her husband died December 12, 1964.

She moved to Boston in 1973 where she enjoyed shopping and gong to see plays and the opera. In 2000, she moved to Littleton, N.H. and lived there until this last November, when she went to the Lafayette Center. She enjoyed reading, her cats and caring for her beautiful flower gardens.

Survivors include a son, Sherburne "Sonny" Cilley of Royalton; a daughter, Kathleen Somerville of Littleton, N.H.; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and several cousins.

She was predeceased by her husband and a daughter, Argene Hopkins.

There are no public calling hours. A graveside funeral service will be held later this spring in the Spring Road Cemetery in Tunbridge. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Assoc. Vermont & New Hampshire, 10 Ferry Street, Suite 427B, Concord, N.H. 03301-5004.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home on Main Street in Chelsea.

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