Wilma Walker

Wilma L. Walker died Tuesday, March, 8, 2011, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, rural Lancaster. Wilma was born on October 24, 1921 the daughter of Reuben and Augusta (Rice) Wetter in North Lancaster Township. She spent most of her life in the North Lancaster Township area having attended the Dyer Grade School and graduating from Lancaster High School in 1940. After her graduation, Wilma was employed at Parker Pen Company in Fennimore. She married her long time friend and neighbor, Stanley A. Walker on October 18, 1947 at the Bethlehem  Evangelical & Reformed Church in Lancaster. Together they farmed on the Walker family farm in North Lancaster Township until 1974, when they built their retirement home on acreage off their farm. Shortly after Stanley died in 2003, Wilma moved to Sunrise Valley Apartments in Lancaster where she resided until illness caused her to move to Orchard Manor Nursing Home. Since 1938, she has served faithfully as a member of Bethlehem Evangelical & Reformed Church, and was currently president of its Womens Guild. Wilma treasured her friends and neighbors while living in North Lancaster Township. She was also a member of the Whitman Community Club, the Neighborhood Card Club, the Dyer Homemakers Club, the Busy Bees Womens Club, and the Christian Womens Club and continued joining many clubs even after moving to Lancaster. Wilma was a friend to many and shared her talents by giving them her paintings, items she crocheted, her tasty mints she made for weddings and parties for everyone, and of course, her famous cards, which she so lovingly made.

She is survived by sisters-in-law, Edith Wetter, and Catherine Wetter; and many nieces and nephews. She will especially be missed by her close friends who she enjoyed while living in North Lancaster, and many new friends she made after moving to her new home in Lancaster.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Stanley in 2003; her parents; and brothers, Harold and Donald Wetter.

Wilmas family and friends would like to thank the staff at Orchard Manor for their compassionate and constant care of Wilma during her stay there, and John and Rosie Errthum & their family for including Wilma in their lives and adopting her as one of their own.

Funeral Services were held at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at Bethlehem Evangelical & Reformed Church in Lancaster, with Pastor Mark Dieter officiating. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery in Lancaster. Friends called on Saturday, March 12, from 9 am until time of services at the church. Schwartz Funeral Home in Lancaster is assisting the family. In lieu of plants and flowers, a Wilma L. Walker Memorial Fund has been established.