Wilma was born on August 3, 1932 in Wilson, New York, the youngest of 5 children of Cedric and Hazel Teeft. When Wilma was in the 9th grade, she and her family moved to Hialeah, FL, where years later she met and married the love of her life, Edwin A. (Art) Kraft, Jr. on May 10, 1956, and to this marriage E. Arthur III, Jeffrey, and Jeanne were born.
After Art retired as a firefighter for the city of Hialeah in 1976, the family moved to Collegedale, Tennessee. After her kids were in high school, Wilma herself went back to school and earned an AS degree in Computer Science. She then started working at Collegedale Academy, first in the business office, and then as the office receptionist.
In 2000, a few years after Art’s 2nd and Wilma's 1st retirement, they moved to Frederick, CO to be close to their daughter Jeanne and her family. Wilma and Art were members of the Longmont Seventh-day Adventist Church. Wilma loved cooking Sabbath dinner for their many friends in the church, and they all loved her pies (she was a master pie maker). She even held some pie making classes so she could pass on those skills.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, her siblings: Wanda Solomon, Leona Cole, Verner Teeft and Gloria Baroudi; her husband of 55 years Edwin Kraft, and her daughter Jeanne Clark. She is survived by four children, Debra Pugliese, Karen Schutt, E. Arthur Kraft III and Jeffrey Kraft; nine grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
A visitation will be held from 4-8 PM on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at Ahlberg Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at Ahlberg Funeral Chapel.
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