Edith Helen Wilde passed away on February 27, 2013 at Four Seasons Hospice – Elizabeth House in Flat Rock North Carolina. She was born on March 4, 1925 to the late Edward and Mary Concoby Hietanen in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Mrs. Wilde graduated Fairport Harding High School and from Lake Erie College and taught first and second for 25 years in Madison Ohio mostly at Homer Nash Kimball. She was a faithful member of Central Congregational Church in Madison Ohio and of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church after moving to Asheville North Carolina in 1991. Mrs. Wilde was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert E. Wilde, her brother George Hietanen, her sister Esther Lurvey and her grandson Jason Rometti. She is survived by her daughter Vickie (Edward) Hauser of Asheville and her son Scott Wilde of Roanoke Virginia, her grandchildren Kristin (Eric) Pike of Iowa, Elizabeth (Boyd) Chapman of Washington D.C. and Karin (Burton) Doss of Asheville and step-grandchildren Kimberly (Greg) Lane and Tim (Michelle) Hauser of Ohio, her great grandchildren Chad, Robert and Katie Pike, Cord and Trey Doss and Rachel and Jessica Lane. Funeral service will be at 3pm on Friday, March 22nd at Central Congregational Church in Madison Ohio Pastor Harry Buch and Pastor Kristin Pike will be presiding. Memorial donations for Mrs. Wilde may be made to Trinity View Resident Association Fund. 2533 Hendersonville Rd., Arden, NC 28704. Local arrangements are being handled by The Behm Family Funeral Home, 26 River St., Madison, OH 44057.