Hildra A. Dresback

June 10, 1933 - December 20, 2020

Hildra A. Dresback, loving wife, mother, grandmother (Oma) and friend, went to be with the Lord peacefully in her sleep December 20th 2020, after a brief illness. She was born in Jefferson, Iowa, June 10th, 1933, to Lloyd Skyler Ratcliff and Lucy May Ratcliff. She was preceded in death by her Parents and her Brothers and Sisters, Alfred S. Ratcliff, Kenneth P. Ratcliff, Dean E. Ratcliff, Delma J. Morton, and Norma J. Dunivan and their spouses. She was married to her loving husband, Donald E. Dresback, on June 15, 1959. They had been happily married for 53 years when he passed on in 2012. She is survived by her children, Kendra Dresback, PhD, and Glen Dresback, J.D. and his wife Cynthia, and her grandchildren, Anna K. Dresback, Karl W. Dresback, Jace L. Evans and Kenton J. Evans, and numerous nieces and nephews and grand nieces and grandnephews. She grew up on a farm in Iowa during the great depression and WWII. After graduating high school early, at age 15, she attended Drake University and Iowa State Teachers College. She began the career she loved her entire life, teaching, after her freshman year of college. (With classes of more than 45 children!) She graduated college, and continued teaching in Iowa, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. She went on to earn a Masters in Education from the University of Oklahoma, and taught first grade and reading at Westminster Day School in OKC for more than 30 years, and later volunteered teaching adults to read at Midwest City Library. She was a member of St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church in Midwest City. She loved her Family, Snoopy and the entire Peanuts gang, (She always had Snoopy somewhere!) Reading, flying with her Husband, and doing things with her children and grandchildren. When you saw her, she always had a cup of coffee and a book in her hand. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her, but we are all happy that she is at peace in heaven! While she did not have Covid-19, the isolation and stress of the pandemic contributed significantly to her death. A graveside service will be held at Arlington Memory Gardens, in Midwest City, on December 28, 2020 at 1pm, with visitation being at Ford Funeral Home in Midwest City that morning. Flowers may be sent to Ford Funeral Home, or in lieu of flowers, a Donation may be made in her memory to Westminster School, or to a reading program for children or adults of your choice.