Wilma Z. Franklin “Billie”, 95, of Newark, DE passed away on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Heartland Hospice House in Wilmington, DE. Wilma was born on January 23, 1917 in Sparta, NC to the late Quincy G. and Verlyn B. (McCann) Edwards. She worked at Aerial Products, Aberdeen Proving Ground, and Bainbridge Naval Center. SheContinue Reading
Wilma Z. Franklin “Billie”, 95, of Newark, DE passed away on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Heartland Hospice House in Wilmington, DE.
Wilma was born on January 23, 1917 in Sparta, NC to the late Quincy G. and Verlyn B. (McCann) Edwards. She worked at Aerial Products, Aberdeen Proving Ground, and Bainbridge Naval Center. She was also a waitress in Florida, where she lived for many years. She loved Bluegrass music and had “pick-ins” at her home there. Wilma lived in Newark for the last 11 years. She was a member of the Newark Methodist Church and also a life member of the Newark VFW #475 Ladies Auxiliary and DAV Auxiliary. She was the life of the party and loved being with her family and friends.
She is survived by her son, Dennis P. Kemether and his wife Susan of Newark, DE; grandchildren, Kimberly D’Andrea and her husband Kenneth of Newark, DE and D. Philip Kemether and his wife Carrie of Elkton, MD; great grandchildren, Matteo D’Andrea, and Dennis, Ellie and Owen Kemether; sisters, Nellie Daly of Wilmington, DE and Elva Fagan of Ocean Pines, MD; as well as many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph E. Franklin; son, N. William Kemether, Jr., brothers, Edmond and Raymond Edwards and sisters, Gean Hopkins Barnard, Berkie Marie Brown and Sylvia M. Clancy.
Services will be held at noon on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at R.T. Foard and Jones, 122 West Main Street, Newark, DE where friends may call one hour prior. Burial will follow at 1:00 p.m. at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Bear, DE.
Contributions may be made to the Chestnut Grove Church Cemetery Fund c/o the funeral home.
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