Wilma Selma Hyde (nee Schipper), passed away on Thursday April 23, 2020 at the age of 94 years. She was born on May 12, 1925 in Litchfield, Minnesota to Albert and Selma (nee Bjornstad) Schipper. Wilma married Paul F. Shepard on November 23, 1946 and together they had six children; Paula (Tony) Russano, Mary (Bill) Womack, Danny (Laurie) Shepard, Thomas Shepard, Joan (Jim) Hanneman and Kathleen (Steve) Ploof. Wilma was the proud grandmother of twelve grandchildren, and seventeen great-grandchildren. She later married Merrill Hyde on July 16, 1977. Together they enjoyed traveling and seeing the world.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, both her husbands, son Thomas, and her twelve siblings except her younger brother Roger Schipper.
There will a private service for Wilma at a later date.