Loretta C. Wemyss

Loretta was born in Dickinson, North Dakota in 1934 to Mathias and Eva Wagner. She graduated from Gladstone High School as the salutatorian of her 1952 class, and attended Dickinson State Teachers College. During her school years she participated in 4-H Club and, throughout her life, had fond memories of the rolling hills and the Heart River near the family farm where she grew up. She last visited her beautiful home state in 2011.

In 1953 she moved to Mansfield, joining other family, and her parents later followed. She joined Therm-O-Disc, Inc. and enjoyed a long career of 42 years, making many close friends, and retired in 1995. She married Wilson K. ‘Scotty’ Wemyss in 1957 and they spent most of their 31 years together in Mansfield with their three children. She is remembered fondly for her skills as a homemaker, and for her ability to leave everything better than she found it. Her home was particularly beautiful at Christmas, and she created magic with her lights and decorations.

A longtime parishioner at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Loretta was also an active member of the Tri-Parish Medjugorje Rosary Prayer Group, often hosting the group in her home.

Loretta was preceded in death by her husband and parents, and by her siblings, Albert, Elizabeth, Anna, Eva, Mary, Karl, Paul, and John.

She is survived by her three children, Leslie of Wilmington, DE, Barbara of Long Island, NY, son Curt and his wife Jan of Mansfield; her five grandchildren, James (Amanda), Lauren (T.J.), Brent, Scotty, and Dalton; her nine great-grandchildren, Alexis, Brayan, Bryson, Dex, Julian, Bridget, Cassandra, Parker, and Khailar; and her two sisters, Alice Berick of Mansfield and Lorraine (Gerald) Cooper of Hartselle, AL.

Family and friends are invited to calling hours on Sunday afternoon, December 17, 2017 from 2:00- 5:00 p.m. at the Ontario Home of Wappner Funeral Directors, 100 S. Lexington-Springmill Rd. A Vigil service will begin at 2:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 18, 2017 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 104 W. First St., Mansfield. Burial will take place immediately after Mass in Mansfield Catholic Cemetery.

The family is grateful to the medical professionals at Saint Francis Healthcare in Wilmington, Delaware for their skilled care and kindness to Loretta in the last months of her life, especially: Yolanda Hendley, MD; Michael McDermott, MD; Adnan Mehboob, MD; Manthodi Faisal, MD; Debbie Smith, RN and Maryann Dario, RN. Special thanks go to family member, Dr. Tom Brown of Greenville, Ohio, for the many times he generously offered his medical expertise and guidance.

The family suggests contributions to the Saint Francis Hospital Foundation, 701 N. Clayton Street, Wilmington, DE 19805, www.stfrancishealthcare.org/foundation.