Wilma was a Registered Nurse retiring in the early 1970’s from the Lutheran Hospital of Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
She was a member of the Retired American Nursing Association, Hobby Club of Pine Island, Fla., an active member and Bible Study Leader at the United Methodist Church also of Pine Island. Wilma was very well known for her basket weaving and knitting.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Harry B. Ely in 2007. They were married in 1977. She was also preceded in death by a brother Walter Welty; sisters Barbara Fleming, Edna Fleming and Viola Peters as well as a nephew Wayne Fleming.
She is survived by a nephew Norman Fleming; nieces Esther (Jim) Woodworth, Marcine (Weldon) Geiger, Barbara (David) Ernest, Sarah Lou (Tom) Moneer, Arlene (Gene) Derringer and Carolyn (Don) Beitz.
Graveside Funeral Services will be held at the convenience of the family.
It is the wishes of the family that Memorial Contributions be given to the United Methodist Church of Pine Island, Florida or the State of the Heart Hospice of Darke County (Greenville, Ohio).
Arrangements by Zechar Bailey Funeral Home Greenville, Ohio
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