Hilda (Ostergren) Cole, 100, wife of the late Everett "Pete" Cole, of Covenant Village,
Cromwell, died at Pilgrim Manor, Friday (Sept. 17, 2004). She was born in Portland,
daughter of the late David and Alida (Rapp) Ostergren. Mrs. Cole lived in Cromwell
since 1927, was a member of the Covenant Congregational Church, The Home Club
and a life member of the Cromwell Historical Society. She was the public health and
school nurse for the town of Cromwell for many years and was on the Cromwell Board
of Education for twenty years. She leaves a daughter, Jean Fischer of Madison; three
grandchildren, Alida Fischer Berryhill and her husband Kenneth of Lafayette, CO,
Jonathan Fischer of Southport and Michael Fischer and his wife Claudia of Madison;
two great grandchildren, Carly Rose Fischer and Alexandra Cole Fischer and several
nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a daughter, Prudence Eldridge and
four brothers, Clarence Ostergren, Robert Ostergren, Harold Ostergren and Carl
Ostergren. Funeral services will be held at the Covenant Congregational Church, West
St. at Hicksville Rd., Cromwell, Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. Interment will be in
Swedish Cemetery, Portland at the convenience of the family. Friends may call at the
Cromwell Funeral Home, 506 Main St., Cromwell Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. and are
invited to send a message of condolence to the family at the website of
www.doolittlefuneralservice.com. Contributions in her memory may be made to the
Covenant Congregational Church, 82 Hicksville Rd., Cromwell 06416 or to the Clara
Barton Diabetic Camp for Girls, P.O. Box 356, North Oxford, MA 01537.