Velma E. Wellman

SHE LEAVES DAUGHTERS - JUDITH [J. PATRICK, MD] QUIGLEY, LINDA [JIM] ROLFE,

AND SANDRA [FRED] ROSSER; 6 GRANDCHILDREN - PATRICK QUIGLEY,

SEAN [SHANNA] QUIGLEY, MAUREEN QUIGLEY [DANIEL] PENSIERO,

TONY [ALICIA AND DAUGHTER LELAH] ROLFE, ESQ, TRACY ROLFE, LAURA ROSSER;

4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN - MILES QUIGLEY, COLLEEN QUIGLEY, HANNAH QUIGLEY,

KHALE HOLLOMON AND 3 STEP GRANDCHILDREN - KELLI , MARCI, AND RICK ROSSER.

SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, WANDA AND LOVELL MAY - COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND SISTERS-IN-LAW THELMA WELLMAN - ASHLAND, KENTUCKY, AND CARMELA WELLMAN - SLIDELL, LOUISIANA, AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS.

VELMA WAS BORN AUGUST 31, 1924 IN BUSSEYVILLE, KENTUCKY, THE SECOND CHILD OF

LEO AND EGIE NOLAN. SHE GREW UP AND MARRIED IN THE MIDWEST BUT LATER THE U.S. NAVY TRANSFERRED THE FAMILY TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA; MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE; BRUNSWICK, MAINE; CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,;AND FINALLY, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

SHE WAS FUN-LOVING AND OUT-GOING, LOVED TO SOCIALIZE AND CROCHET AND DO ALL SORTS OF ARTS AND CRAFTS. SHE WAS A GREAT COOK AND HER DISHES WERE ALWAYS EMPTIED AT POTLUCKS. IN HER EARLY 80s SHE CROCHETED 700 BLANKETS FOR

CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE FOR THE MY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION.

THE LOVE OF HER LIFE - RALPH WELLMAN - DIED OF LEUKEMIA IN 1987.

SHE HAD A GREAT 78 YEARS BEFORE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE BEGAN STEALING HER MEMORIES OF HER LIFE.

VIEWING WILL BE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013 FROM 5:00PM - 9:00PM AT GLEN ABBEY,

3838 BONITA ROAD CHULA VISTA. SERVICES WILL BE AT ‘L’ STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST,

470 ‘L’ STREET CHULA VISTA, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2013, AT 10:00 AM FOLLOWED

BY GRAVESIDE SERVICES AT 11:30AM AT GLEN ABBEY.

HER FAMILY INVITES ALL HER FRIENDS TO JOIN THEM FOR ALL THE SERVICES.