Wilma Louise Back

BACK, Wilma Louise (Shively), age 98, previously of Oakwood, passed away on Monday, April 29, 2019. Wilma was born to John H. Shively and Dorothy (Elise Gerstner) on May 10, 1920 in Dayton, OH.

She graduated from Steele High School in 1938. She graduated from Denison University in 1942 where she was on the Fencing Team and a sorority member of Delta Gamma and honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa. Wilma was an active member of Dayton Women’s Civic Club, College Women’s Club, and Advance Literary up until 2011. She was also a member of Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Oakwood and a substitute teacher for Oakwood City Schools for 11 years.

Wilma and her husband of 76 years, Dick enjoyed many winter visits to Ft. Myers Beach, FL and traveled the US, Europe, Australia, Canada, and Bermuda. She resided in Oakwood from 1950 and loved her garden and watching the deer parading through her lawn while she wrote cards and notes to her cherished family members.

Wilma will be memorialized by her husband, Allen Richard “Dick” Back; children, Carol (John) Stroup, Doris (Dave) Fredericks, Rick (Sarah) Back; grandchildren, Lisa (Greg) West, Matthew (Noreen) Thomson, David (Wendy) Stroup, Shannon and Steven Back; great-grandchildren, Sofia West, Maia West, Finn Thomson, Matthew Stroup, and Abigail Stroup.

Family will receive friends on Sunday, May 5th 4-6pm at Routsong Funeral Home, 81 N Main St, Centerville. Private Funeral Services, family only on Monday.

Memorial contributions may be made in Wilma’s name to Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton, 324 Wilmington Ave, Dayton, OH 45420.