{"id":12262,"date":"2025-06-13T10:21:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=12262"},"modified":"2025-06-13T10:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:21:46","slug":"dennis-l-toad-hilderbrand-75-of-olney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/12262-dennis-l-toad-hilderbrand-75-of-olney\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis L. &#8220;Toad&#8221; Hilderbrand (75) of Olney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Dennis L. &#8220;Toad&#8221; Hillderbrand, 75 of Olney Illinois, passed away Tuesday June 10, 2025 at home surrounded by his loving family.<\/p>\n<p>He was born January 23, 1950 in Olney, Illinois the son of Forrest and Yvonne June (Weidner) Hillderbrand. Dennis married Lola Sharp on August 15, 1996 in Henderson, Kentucky and she passed March 23, 2018.\u00a0 Dennis worked in the oil fields near Olney, Illinois and in Ohio.\u00a0 &#8220;Toad&#8221; enjoyed riding motorcycles and visiting with family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his sisters, Frances Quick (Jerry) of Neoga, Illinois, Nancy Denney (Tom) of Neoga, Illinois and Joanne Rogers of Flora, Illinois; stepson, Steve Sharp (Ashley) of Olney, Illinois; step daughter, Michelle Smith (David) of Chesapeake, Virginia, Melissa Totten of Noble, Illinois; ten grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and his special canine and feline companions.<\/p>\n<p>He was preceded in death by parents; wife, Lola Hillderbrand; sister, Barbara Zimmerman and brother, Jack Walker.<\/p>\n<p>As per Dennis\u2019 wishes cremation rites will be accorded and no public services are scheduled at this time. Burial will be in the Dillman Cemetery in Sailor Springs, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>The Swengel &#8211; O\u2019Dell Funeral Home of Neoga, Illinois is assisting the family.<\/p>\n<p>online condolences may be expressed at www.swengel-odell.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis died on Tuesday, June 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dennis L. &quot;Toad&quot; Hilderbrand (75) of Olney - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/12262-dennis-l-toad-hilderbrand-75-of-olney\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dennis L. &quot;Toad&quot; 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