Submitter's First Name
Lois
Submitter's Last Name
(Wickstrom) Baldiga
Relationship to Honoree
Daughter
Submitter's Phone Number
508-473-7292
Submitter's Email Address
lobotrees@comcast.net
Donation Amount
25.00
Mill Employee First Name
Hilding
Mill Employee Middle Name
John Oscar
Mill Employee Last Name
Wickstrom
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
Worcester, MA
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Woonsocket Rubber Co.
Job Title 1
Cutter
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1926
Mill Employee End Date 1
1966
Mill Employee Photo
Mill Employee Nickname
Sky and "Mayor of Chestnut Hill, Millville"
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
Swedish American
Mill Employee House Worship
Chestnut Street Meeting House (Millville)
Biography Text
Hilding worked at the Woonsocket Rubber Company for 40 years. He was honored upon his retirement by the mill for his "40 years of Loyal Service". He was married to his wife Louise for more than 40 years. Hilding lived most of his life in the same house in Chestnut Hill, a house which originally belonged to his parents. His granddaughter and her husband live there today.