Residence: Monticello, Indiana
Died: Friday, March 11, 2011
Location: 9:20 a.m., at the White Oak Health Campus in Monticello, Indiana
 
 
Age: 93
Date of Birth: Monday, December 24, 1917
Birth place:

 

 
Father: James Clifford Diveley
 
Mother: Martha J. (Bamberger) Diveley
 
Marital Status: Widowed
Resided in: Lived in the Monticello, Indiana, community since 1945
Funeral Date: Friday, March 18, 2011
Funeral Location: 11:00 a.m., at the Monticello Christian Church, 1002 Airport Road, Monticello, Indiana 47960
Clergy: Rev. Chris Dodson of the Monticello Christian Church of Monticello, Indiana, and Rev. Nord Zootman of the Lockport Church of Lockport, Indiana.
Burial will take place:
At the I.O.O.F. Riverview Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
4:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, 2011, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana, Delta Theta Tau Sorority Memorial Service at 6:30 .m., and from 10:00 a.m., until the times of services, Friday, March 18, 2011, at the Monticello Christian Church, 1002 Airport Road, Monticello, Indiana 47960.
Biographical Information:
Wilma was a 1936 graduate of Buffalo High School in Buffalo, Indiana. After graduating from high school, she went onto the University of Illinois and graduated from there in 1940. Wilma started teaching school in Idaville, Indiana as was there until 1942. She taught school in the area including, Royal Center, Monon, Francesville and Monticello, Indiana. She taught school for a total of thirty-five (35) years. Wilma took summer college classes at Manchester College, Indiana State, Indiana and Purdue Universities. She retired in 1976 from teaching while serving as the head librarian at Twin Lakes High in Monticello, Indiana. Wilma helped clean and put the high school library back together after the 1974 tornado.

Wilma's mother died when she was eight (8) years old, then she moved into her aunt and uncle's home, Sam and Nellie Walter in the Headlee/Buffalo, Indiana, community.

Wilma was a member of the Christian Church, and CWF (Christian Women Fellowship)of Monticello, Indiana. She was a life member of the American Legion Post Auxiliary, and the University of Illinois Alumni Association. Wilma was also a past president of Delta Theta Theta Tau Sorority, Wea Lea Chapter of National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Wednesday's Reading Club, both of Monticello, Indiana. She was also a member of the White County, Indiana, Retired Teachers Association, and the Indiana State Retired Teachers Association. Wilma was a former member of the White County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.

Wilma was a flower lover and grew numerous flowers, and loved raising her dogs and cats. Over the years, Wilma, assisted many students attend college.

Wilma and her late husband, Fred, visited and wintered in Mesa, Arizona for over ten (10) years. While wintering in Mesa, Wilma, was a member of the Mesa Symphony Music Guild of Mesa, Arizona, and the Delta Theta Tau Sorority of Phoenix, Arizona.
Special Services: Delta Theta Tau Sorority Memorial Service will be conducted at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 17, 2011, at the funeral home.
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to the Monticello Christian Church of Monticello, Indiana.
Marriage Information: On June 10, 1945, at the old Monticello Christian Church on Bluff Street in Monticllo, Indiana, she married Fred L. Miller. He died July 23, 2005. They spend sixty (60) years of marriage together.
Survivors include:
Nephews,Paul (wife Carol) Fairchild of Anchorage, Alaska, Daniel Fairchild of Danville, Illinois, Wayne (wife Terri) Diveley of Sanford, Michigan, Paul (wife Effie) Miller of The Villages, Florida, Jim (wife, Karen)Lemimg of Indianapolis, Indiana, Dick (wife Jane) Leming of Walbash, Indiana, and Larry (wife Jean) McCutchan of Goshen, Indiana;Nieces, Norma (husband Gary) Poulos of Roscommon, Michigan, Susan (Husband Tom) Moffett of Saginaw, Michigan,Elaine McKinney of Kenney, Illinois, Alvena Thomson, Lois (husband Fred) Hintzman of Orlando, Florida, andJanet (husband Rick) Archer of Indianapolis, Indiana; Numerous Cousins, Great Nieces, Great Nephews, Great Great Nieces and Nephews;Special Friend and Like Family, John (wife Teri, daughter Ashley) Roscka of Monticello, Indiana.
Preceded in Death:
Parents, James Clifford and Martha J. (Bamberger) Diveley;Husband, Fred L. Miller;Uncle & Aunt that raised Wilma, Sam and Nellie (Diveley) Walter;Sister, Martha "Marty" Fairchild;Brothers, Wayne, Francis, and Paul Diveley;Nieces, Mary Jankowski, and Martha Jane Gropp; Nephew, David Diveley;
Arrangements by:
Miller-Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana 47960. (574) 583-8488