Roselma M. Willey , age 88, of Mont Vue Nursing Home in Luray,
Va., passed away Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009. She was born in
Montgomery Center, Vt., Feb. 27, 1921, the daughter of Horace
and Mary (Domina) Lumbra. She was in the 1939 class at St.
Johnsbury Academy. She spent most of her life in St. Johnsbury
Center, moving to Tampa, Fla. in 1960. She married Milo Chaffee
in 1938. He predeceased her. Later in life, she married John
Willey who also predeceased her. Roselma is survived by her five
children, Claire Fellows (Emery), Danville, Vt., William Chaffee
(Janet), Florida, Lee Chaffee, Goffstown, N.H., Michael Chaffee
(Vivian) Amarillo, Texas, and Rosie Hirst (John) Boiling Springs,
N.C.; stepsons, Richard Willey (Sue), Orinda, Calif., Harold Willey
(Karen), St. Johnsbury, Vt.; many grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and
nephews. She was predeceased by her daughter, Barbara
Chaffee. There will be no services or viewing at her request.
Burial will be at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Tampa, Fla.
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