OBITUARY - WILMA EDITH (GRISWOLD) RONEY

Submitted by: Jan Redelsperger, jansperger at gmail dot com

Source: "The Daily News," Longview, Cowlitz Co., Washington, 27 Oct 1995, pg.
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WILMA E. RONEY

Lifelong area resident Wilma Edith (Griswold) Roney, 92, of 442 Michner St. S.
W., Castle Rock, died Oct. 25, 1995, at a local nursing home.

She was born March 2, 1903, in Carrolls, to Edwin Ervin and Edith (Doble)
Griswold.  She had lived in Kelso, Chehalis and Castle Rock.

Mrs. Roney was most recently a member of the Kelso Christian Church.  Other
memberships included the Castle Rock Senior Citizens Club and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Auxiliary.  She was a Gold Star Mother, having lost a son during
World War II.  

She enjoyed gardening, belonged to several garden clubs, and was a judge at
various flower competitions.  She also enjoyed birds, painting and various other
types of crafts.  She loved her family.

Her husband, Allison Verne Roney, died in l967.  Also preceding her in death
were two sons, Edwin R. ‘Jack” Ames in World War II and Donald L. Ames; two
sisters, Evelyn Chaney and Avis Wheatley; and two brothers, Homer A. Griswold
and Edwin E. Griswold.  

Survivors include a daughter, A. Annette Milton of Castle Rock; a stepson, Verne
Roney of Black Lake, Wash; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and
numerous nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hubbard Funeral Home with the
Rev. Martin Lee officiating.  Interment will follow at Mount Pleasant Cemetery
in Kelso.

Friends wishing to pay respects may call at the funeral home on Saturday from 9
a.m. until the time of the service.