SOUTH PARIS — Eva H. Hilden, 92, of South Paris, died Thursday, Feb. 17, at Market Square Health Care Center.

She was born in West Sumner, April 27, 1918, the daughter of Arvid A. and Ester Pulkkinen Heikkinen. She attended West Minot schools and had been employed at Wilner Wood Products for 25 years.

She married Raymond T. Hilden on Aug. 6, 1949. She was a member and organizer of the Finnish American Heritage Society and a member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Paris.

She is survived by a son, Paul R. Hilden of South Paris; a daughter, Linda Field of Harrison; two stepdaughters, Linda McHenry of New Hartford, Conn., and Mrs. Paula Bernoski of Bristol, Conn.; a brother, Walter Heikkinen of South Paris; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband; three brothers, Eino Heikkinen, Toivo Heikkinen and Vaino Heikkinen; and four sisters, Hilda Mathews, Tynne Kyllonen, Hilja Morse and Aino Bassford.

Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.andrewsgreenleaf.com.


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