Hilda Chapman

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Hilda “Stella” Chapman, 87, of Sumter, passed away on April 27, 2013.

Hilda was born on June 6, 1925, in the Bronx, N.Y. She proudly graduated from State University of New York at Stony Brook with a nursing degree. She had a long career as a registered nurse at the Psychiatric Hospital in Central Islip, New York. She retired to Edgewater, Fla., where she spent many happy years with friends. She enjoyed several hobbies throughout her life, particularly knitting and crocheting, and was always looking for new projects to do. She loved sharing her handiwork with family and friends. She was also very proud of her Lithuanian heritage and would host traditional Lithuanian family meals. She loved taking her dogs, Sugar, Kristy and Chin Chin, for rides to the docks in Hilda’s Harley.

Hilda is survived by her children, Victoria Stevenson, Cynthia Dubecky and Ernest Chapman; her grandchildren, Raymond Stevenson, Susan Sheehan, Richard Kondenar, Gregory Kondenar, Mathew and Charlene Chapman; and nine great-grandchildren.

Hilda was preceded in death by her parents, Antonas and Magdelina Aleksejus; sister, Ruth Alencikas; and husband, Ernest Chapman Sr.

There will be a memorial ceremony and luncheon to be planned in Florida at a later date.

You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.