The Twenty-Third Psalm 

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul;
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
for ever.

      Betty Jean (Saltzman) Hildebrand, 76, of Mexico, died at 7:35 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003, at Audrain Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, Dec. 8, 2003, at 1 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Randall A. Sawyer officiating. Visitation will be on Sunday from 6 until 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park.

Mrs. Hildebrand was born on October 20, 1927, in Salida, Colo., the daughter of Ralph Wakefield and Luretta Pearl Ray Green. On March 8, 1948, in Denver, Colo., she married Dorral G. Saltzman, who died on Jan. 6, 1974. On Jan. 1, 1980, in Las Vegas, Nev., she married Vancill J. Hildebrand, who died on Sept. 27, 1996.

She worked at A.P. Green Co., and later Mr. and Mrs. Saltzman were co-owners of White Electric. She was a member of Missouri Laureate Gamma Mu PL2144 of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, and was inactive at the time of her death. She also belonged to the Red Hat Organization, and was an avid antique collector.

Survivors include one uncle, Ralph Ray, Steelville, Mo., and cousins Louretta and Jerry Weatherson and family, Kerman, Calif., and Martha and Evert Turner and family, Coalinga, Calif.

The family requests that memorials be given to the Ronald McDonald House in care of Pickering Funeral Home.

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