Hilda Reppler

Hilda Reppler is a third grade teacher introduced in chapter 3, presumably somewhat old as she had also taught Jim and his sister Pauline. She is incredibly protective of everyone she cares about but also very level headed and smart. She helps care for Billy during their time in the store except for the second day trapped inside, wherein she goes to the pharmacy next door with David, Ollie, Dan, Mike, Buddy and Jim. David looks up to her, even believing Ollie to be the only one who better at taking care of themselves and others in this situation, especially in the pharmacy where she puts up and fight and is one of the only survivors to make it back to the store. She also shows a hate for Mrs. Carmody, even hitting her in the breast with a can of beans for trying to stop the group from leaving to get medical supplies. She is one of the people who escape out of the store after a standoff with Mrs. Carmody, and forces Amanda to snap out of a freeze caused by fear by slapping her, which saved her from a horrible fate. She makes it to the car with Amanda, Billy and David and they drive to a motel wherein the story ends with an uncertain future.