Hilda Sicking Prescher

A Funeral Mass for Hilda Sicking Prescher, 92, of Valley View, will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, December 15, 2012 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Fr. Victor Cruz officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. A rosary will be held at 6:30 PM Friday, December 14, 2012 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.


Our mother Hilda Bertha Sicking Prescher went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 12, 2012.


Hilda was born to August Ben and Augusta F. Fliess Sicking on May 17, 1920 near Muenster.


She was a loving mother , grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved spending time with her grandchildren. She had a big heart; if someone came to her home hungry, she made sure they had something to eat. She never met a stranger. Hilda loved baking and quilting. Her grand kids said she made the best jam. Hilda and LeoPrescher married on July 7, 1942 in Muenster. They bought a dairy farm in 1951, south of Valley View, where they raised their 4 children. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and St. Johns Ladies Altar Society.


She is survived by her sons and daughter-in-laws Bonny and Florence Prescher of Gainesville; Jimmy and Pauline Prescher of Valley View; daughters and son-in-law Donna Bauer of San Saba; Jeanie and Manuel Serna of Valley View; grandchildren Bobby Joe and Karen Prescher; Mike and Debbie Prescher; Denise and Ron Powell; Doug and Holly Bauer; Steven and Lacy Bauer; John and Amy Bauer; Kenneth Bauer; Jay and Kandice Prescher; Jeremy and Rachel Prescher; Joey and Jamie Prescher; Julie and Darrell Twiner; Mark and Becky Serna; Michelle Sera Hurt; 21 great-grandchildren; brother Victor Sicking of Muenster; sister Dorthy Buttrill of Forth Worth.


She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Leo Prescher; 1 infant daughter; 1 infant son and granddaughter; grandson Jeffery Prescher; great-granddaughter Tiffany Serna; brothers Thomas and Louis Sicking; sisters Annie Hacker, Gertrude Koelzer, Hattie Jetzelsberger, Agnes Prescher, Margaret Rainwater, Marie Ford, Cecile Perryman.


Pallbearers will be her 10 grandsons and honorary pallbearers will be her 3 granddaughters.


In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Home Hospice of Cooke County.