Maude Jeanette Hildt (1882-?)

<!-- Sherry Hecht Arnold write: "I did a search on my great grandfather on my mothers side and found him on a 1910 Census. His wife, who abandoned the family when my grandfather was around 12, showed up on the census. Funny thing, my mom had always been told she was German and didn't speak English. But the census indicated she was born in Illinois. I did another search and found her name, born in Illinois, with a new married name and an original name very close to, but not he same as the name everyone had remembered. I'm pretty sure this is the lady. I can't view the actual death record, so I'm thinking I"ll need to send away for a copy from the state of california. I searched for an obituary, but none of the free sources find her. Other than sending away for the death certificate that would give me info on her husband and parents, can you give me some ideas of where to look? We always thought her name was Maude Jeanette Hildt from Germany. I've found a Maude Jeanette Thompson with an Alias of Maude Jeanette Holt who was born in Illinois 1882, died Sept 21 1959 in Los Angeles."