Olive M. Hildreth, 93

Olive Marie Hildreth, who sang for 40 years with the Sweet Adelines, died on Aug. 6 at home on Collins Avenue in East Hampton. She was 93 and had been ill with dementia for four years.

Mrs. Hildreth was born on Feb. 6, 1923, at Southampton Hospital to Louis Ranalli and the former Mildred Kinkaid. She grew up in East Hampton, Greenport, and Sag Harbor.

On Feb. 4, 1942, she was married to Robert D. Hildreth. Mrs. Hildreth, a homemaker, was content with the simple things, her family said, and singing with the Sweet Adelines, an a cappella group with chapters around the world, was her primary outlet outside of family life.

She is survived by her husband of 74 years, who lives in East Hampton. She also leaves a daughter, Marlene Ross, also of East Hampton, and a sister, Lilian Skinner, who lives in Connecticut.

A family service was held earlier this month. Mrs. Hildreth was cremated; her ashes were interred at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton.