Wilma was born on September 20, 1931, at the Champlin home North of Vinton Ford, Bates County, Missouri to F. Dean Champlin and Thelma I. Erickson Champlin. She graduated Salutatorian from Drexel High School on May 12, 1949. Wilma married C. Dowane Walley, Jr. On February 27, 1950. In 1996 Wilma received the 4-H Ruby Clover Award with 30 years of service. She worked for Bass Buster Lures in Amsterdam for 20 years, and was a faithful member of the Amsterdam Baptist Church.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, stillborn son Douglas, husband Dowane Walley in 1986, son David Walley in 2018, granddaughter Marcie West in 2020, dear friend Deanie Jackson in 2019, two sisters Juanita Dyer and Opal Taylor, and one brother Dale Champlin.
Wilma is survived by daughters, Frances I. Walley-Brown of Harrisonville, MO. and Peggy Walley of Amsterdam, MO., daughter-In-law Carroll A. Walley, grandson Jeff & Shannon Kash and Jackson, granddaughter Kim & Mike Jones and their children, Kyle, Madison, and Isabelle, granddaughter Lori & Patrick Harriman and their children, Morgan, Stanley and Taylor, grandson-In-law Grant West and children, Colin, Ethan and Khloe, granddaughter Tamar & Marc Jackson and children, Kirk and Klyde, step-grandson Jimmy & Kim McLay and family, step-granddaughter Michelle & Bobby Brewer and family, twin Sister Vena Purkey, sisters Ellen Hartman and Patricia Highfill, and brothers Stephen Champlin and Martin Champlin
