Hilda M. Keller, 92, of Rock Island, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Silver Cross, Rock Island, under the care of UPH-Trinity Hospice.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 PM on Friday, December 16, 2016 at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island.  Visitation will be held from 4 PM to 7 PM on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th. Ave., Rock Island with a rosary being recited at 3:30 PM.  Burial will be at National Cemetery, Rock Island.  Memorials may be made to St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island, Alleman High School, or Seton Catholic School.

Hilda was born on February 10, 1924 in Ottawa, IL, the daughter of James L. and Marie (Dunn) Cushing.  She married Leo Keller on September 8, 1947 in Ottawa.  She worked as a teacher at St. Pius X Catholic Church teaching music for grades 1-8 for 25 years, then she became a teacher's aide at Earl Hanson Elementary School, before retiring in 1989 she worked for the Secretary of State in the driver's division.  Hilda was a charter member of St. Pius X Catholic Church in Rock Island and the Knights of Columbus Auxillary.  She was active at the church participating in the Altar and Rosary Society and teaching music, where she started and directed the first choir.

Hilda is survived by her husband of 69 years, Leo Keller, Rock Island; children, Patricia (Duane) Cuoco, Coal Valley and Thomas (Peggy) Keller, Rock Island; grandchildren, Brian (Melissa) Keller, Thomas (Stacey) Leo Keller, Timothy (Tina) Cuoco, and Tracy (Nate) Battaglia; great grandchildren, Tyler, Jack, Sophia, John, Mateo, Briana, and Alissa; and brother, Donald Cushing, La Grange, IL.  She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Jim Cushing.